Author: Jay Ruud
How Beautiful We Were
How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue (2021) The success of her first novel, Behold the Dreamers, which won the PENN/Faulkner Award for 2016, made her follow-up book, How Beautiful We Were, one of the most anticipated books of 2021. Mbue was born in Cameroon and came to the United States to earn a B.A. from Rutgers,… Continue reading How Beautiful We Were
Desmond Skirrow’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn Summarized”
Ilya Kaminsky’s “We Lived Happily During the War”
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 146
Key West
If you visit Key West, Florida—the southernmost city in the continental United States—and stroll down Duval Street in the city’s historic district, you’ll pass numerous T-shirt shops, a glance at which will likely convince you that the city is geared only toward the entertainment of drooling Neanderthals. But don’t despair and don’t stop there. We… Continue reading Key West
