Shaylie Muehl
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Honing Confidence in Writing-My Experience With ENG 382
From a young age I always liked to read. I did the reading contests every summer at my local library, read at…
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Class, Control, and Calculated Cruelty in “The Housemaid”
A review of The Housemaid, by Freida McFadden. Hachette Book Group, 2022. The Housemaid came to my attention after the movie adaptation…
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We must also be The Cure: A review of “Everything is Tuberculosis”
A review of Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. Penguin Random House, 2025. 184 pages Everyone is familiar with John Green; he…
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All that glitters is not “Schmutz” a feature on Dr. Seegulam’s presentation of “The Philosophy of Schmutz”
On a warm day in February 2026, Dr. Esa Seegulam presented on The Philosophy of Schmutz in the Camp Point Library. There…
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Maybe Earth Isn’t So Bad?
A review of The Martian, by Andy Weir. Random House, 2011. Right now, I can confidently say that no one has been…
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Not a Rollercoaster Ride
A review of Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis. Vintage Contemporaries, 1985. In Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, Less than Zero, set…
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When Passion turns Obsessive
A review of The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel. Random House, 2023. Michael Finkel’s latest non-fiction book, The Art Thief: A True…
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A Marriage Behind Bars
A review of An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018. Life is hard. No one can deny…
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Mark Twain’s Boyhood Home & Museum: A Remembrance of his Legacy
May 15, 1912, marks the date of Mark Twain’s boyhood home being donated to the city of Hannibal, Missouri. Since then, it–…
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When Dreams Outshine Love
A review of La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle. Lionsgate, 2016. In Damien Chazelle’s 2016 musical-drama La La Land, two artists,…
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