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“A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara “A Little Life” is a big commitment, but not for obvious reasons. At 720 pages, Hanya Yanagihara’s second novel (after 2013’s “The People in the Trees”) is compulsively readable. Yanagihara casts a potent spell, crafting characters for whom we care and ache...

Congratulations! You made it through syllabus week. Everyone is settling in and learning how to navigate their new schedules. The only bad part about this...

Look in to the windows of Vaporized Oxford on Jackson Avenue late at night and you’ll see quite the motley crew huddled around a TV playing Super Smash Bros. This reads like a meme, but video game meetings at the vape shop, owned by band member Tanner Scaggs, seem to be a ritual before every Holy Ghost Electric Show band practice. The Holy Ghost Electric Show, a moniker...

The sixth annual Fiber Arts Festival, hosted by Knit1 Oxford, kicks off this Thursday, Jan. 28. The event celebrates fiber arts and independent artists,...

This week marks the third annual Oxford Restaurant Week, a seven-day culinary event where diners can get special deals at local restaurants while benefitting...

Curious what the rest of the new year has in store for you? Well, worry not; your 2016 horoscope is here! Regular monthly horoscopes will resume the second...

David Bowie’s latest album, ★, was released on his birthday, January 8, just two days before the rock icon’s death. Bowie’s last piece of art sounds...

Oxford boasts its fair share of talented writers. Every Oxford native can name at least one exceptional author or poet hailing from their hometown. Julie...

Monday Oxford Restaurant Week – All Week 8:30 p.m. – Trivia Night – The Blind Pig 9:30 p.m. – DJ Night – Rooster’s Tuesday 5 p.m. – The Feathered Bone Book Launch – Off Square Books 6 p.m. – Oxford Art Crawl – Powerhouse Community Arts Center 9 p.m. – Broken English- Proud Larry’s 9:30 p.m. – Open Mic...

I understand you didn’t learn it the first time. You slept through that midterm with the relief of, “Oh, my lowest grade can be replaced by my final,” and then you blew it off with a wave of your hand. But it’s go time, and there is no escaping it now. You have to learn it. All of it. Because it’s finals week. It’s here. So, here are a few study and preparation...