LITTLE WOMEN
Reviewed by Kristy Dolson. With the new movie adaptation due to release in South Korea this month, it is the perfect time to revisit the classic children’s novel Little Women … Read More
Category: Book Review
Status Anxiety
by Alain de Botton Reviewed by Kristy Dolson. When January’s shiny promises for a new year wear off and February offers up the cold embrace of reality, you may find … Read More
Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents
by Mark Sakamoto Reviewed by Kristy Dolson As we come to the end of 2019, this is a word I find myself contemplating often. Forgiveness: It is the intentional decision … Read More
Nightmare in Berlin by Hans Fallada
Reviewed by Kristy Dolson. On November 11, Canadians honor their veterans and remember their war dead on a day called Remembrance Day. Although it began as a way to mark … Read More
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard
Written by Kristy Dolson. October is my favorite month of the year. The weather is perfect; in Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving and Halloween, and the hectic schedules of September slow … Read More
Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age by Amani Al-Khatahtbet
Written by Kristy Dolson. This September marks the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As a sophomore in high school on that day, I understood that the world had … Read More
“Seduced, Killed and Blamed”: Malala Yousafzai’s Struggle Against the Taliban
Written by Kristy Dolson. As the new semester approaches, I find myself thinking about Malala Yousafzai. In our home countries and in South Korea, we take it for granted that … Read More
“Is There Nothing to Grab Onto When We Feel So Hollow?”: Eight Voices of Korean Short Fiction Speaking Out
Written by Kristy Dolson This month I chose to review Wayfarer: New Fiction by Korean Women. It is an anthology of eight stories written by well-known Korean authors, translated and … Read More