Honora Quinn '27
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In the years since its 1987 release, “Dirty Dancing” has taken over the world and made its way into the hearts of countless Mount Holyoke College students. Now, a new book released last spring is exploring the history behind the film and its legacy.
Artificial intelligence has been lurking in every conversation involving the literary world, covering topics from publishing to the classroom.
Despite the murder in the first chapter, Charlotte Illes wants her audience to know that she is sick of mysteries. She used to be a kid detective, like Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys, and a famous one at that.
For 15 days, the Mount Holyoke College community lost online access to Odyssey Bookshop, the bookstore closest to its campus and one of the few businesses located in the Village Commons. Mount Holyoke News’ staff has followed this situation closely, even as both the problem and its eventual resolution appeared to be hidden from view.
The problem was first addressed in early February attempts to reach the Odyssey Bookshop’s website online would result in an error message displaying that connecting to the site had taken too long and had now timed out. This could be caused by any number of issues, such as poor connection to the internet — the site crashing — or the Odyssey site being down for maintenance by the store. Eventually, Odyssey Bookshop addressed the connectivity issue.
The spy thriller novel “Argylle,” written under the pseudonym Elly Conway and released last month by Penguin Random House, has been a large talking point across both Bookstagram and general fan internet spaces. While the real writers of “Argylle” might not be Taylor Swift, to the chagrin of many fans, their names do begin with T. Sorry Swifties!
Monday, Oct. 9, was Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In honor of the holiday, the Books section of Mount Holyoke News has curated a list of books by Indigenous authors for you to check out.
The “female gaze” is a term found everywhere in modern pop culture. From the creations of women directors, authors and artists, to the themes they explore in those works, this small part of feminist theory has greatly impacted how we interact with art centered on or made by women, past or present. Debut author Veronica Litt views art seen through this “feminine” lens, or as she refers to it, “girly art,” as a necessary endeavor. These “girly” works, Litt posits, can help us rest and restore amidst an overwhelming world. As Litt puts it in her book, “Girly art is here to help you enjoy a deserved reprieve.” The “girly” work she chose to focus on in her first book? The 1995 film “Clueless.”