by Brandon Williams April 3, 2020 The Strop Weekly Roundup Weekly Roundup: What to Read Each Week in April Our top books to read in April: work from Chelsea Bieker, Julia Alvarez , Otessa Moshfegh, and Laila Lalami.
by Brandon Williams March 13, 2020 The Strop Weekly Roundup Weekly Roundup: 2 Country Songs That Are Damn Authentic “It’s a not-really-secret that everyone knows but refuses to accept: good (mainstream) country music right now is being made mostly by women.”
by The Vaqueros March 6, 2020 The Strop Weekly Roundup 4 Streaming Shows We’re Binge-Watching Right Now This week: Why streaming “Star Trek” is an entirely different viewing experience, plus 3 other shows on our minds.
by Brandon Williams February 28, 2020 The Strop Weekly Roundup Weekly Roundup: What to Read Each Week in March Our top books to read in March: new work from Louise Erdrich, Kate Elizabeth Russel, and Emily St. John Mandel.
by Lakshmi Mitra February 27, 2020 Books The Written Review: Grief and Growing Up in “Tell the Wolves I’m Home” “Some books are only for certain people. Some are for most people, and this might just be one of those.”
by The Vaqueros February 21, 2020 The Strop Weekly Roundup 2 More Pieces of Media We’re Reading and Watching on Repeat This week: Why we’re excited about “X-Men” again, and why you should watch season one of “Hunter x Hunter.”
by The Vaqueros February 14, 2020 The Strop Weekly Roundup 3 Pieces of Media We’re Loving Right Now A horrifying sound novel series. A weird, imaginative sketch. An RP podcast that makes all the right moves.
by S. N. Valadez February 12, 2020 Games The Visual Translating Spanish Authors Into the Interactive: “Blacksad: Under the Skin” Review At its core, “Blacksad: Under the Skin” is a decent detective story. But it suffers from buggy gameplay and questionable choices that frustrate even diehard “Blacksad” fans.
by The Vaqueros February 7, 2020 The Strop Weekly Roundup 3 Weird Books That Make Their Own Rules These books prove one thing: do what you want, just do it well.
by Brandon Williams January 31, 2020 The Strop Weekly Roundup Weekly Roundup: What to Read Each Week in February Tackle the most anticipated books of the year, one week at a time. This week: February selections.