Written by Abby Adamo As the literary journal of the English department at the University of Texas at Austin, we at Hothouse may be a little biased when it comes to our preference for presidents who can, you know, read. Literacy tends to be pretty high on the list of Fearless-Leader job requirements, but as…
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A handful of literary events happening this week. The list is not exhaustive, but if you don’t know what’s going on around the literary side of town, here are some events to point you in the right direction!
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Written by Angie Carrera Journaling is one of the most fulfilling and understated things a writer does. However, this is also one of the activities that makes many writers, myself included, want to bang their heads against the wall, maybe to crack open something worth writing about. For the ordinary person, journaling serves as a…
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Written by Kiran Gokal It’s a new year and that calls for changes: new tastes, authors to discover, and a new reading goal on Goodreads that, secretly, we’re all praying we reach. For every reader and book lover out there, there is a certain goal—whether it is new to you or not—that one should aspire…
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A handful of literary events happening this week. The list is not exhaustive, but if you don’t know what’s going on around the literary side of town, here are some events to point you in the right direction!
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Written by Luis De La Cruz “Where else in all of America are we so symbolized / As in this hall?” –“The Congressional Library,” Amy Lowell Sometimes, when I walk through the Perry-Castañeda Library, I’m reminded of some literary works that center on libraries and illuminate the library’s relationship to its faithful patrons. Charles Simic…
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Written by Brandi Carnes Racial oppression causes a disruption of motherhood, often resulting in an interruption of girlhood. Matriarchs of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye adopt poor mothering tools that they themselves learned within the household, and often pass those behaviors down to their daughters. Claudia reveals her internalized racism using the intergenerational violence she learned in the home.…
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