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Book Sword: Truman Capote, Saul Bellow, and S.E. Hinton
Book Sword: Truman Capote, Saul Bellow, and S.E. Hinton
By Kate Gavino
May 31, 2013

Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?

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Rumbles, Mustangs, and Poking: The Outsiders on Facebook
Rumbles, Mustangs, and Poking: The Outsiders on Facebook
By Kate Gavino
April 02, 2013

Since The Outsiders follow a gang of rough-and-tumble teenagers, one can't help but wonder how they'd fair in today's world. The Greasers would definitely be on Facebook. In fact, the whole novel could be told through the social media website. Don't believe me? See for yourself, Soc.

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