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Pick-a-Poem: Dean Young

http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, blog readers, to another installment of our Pick-a-Poem feature! This week, as we do every week, we have chosen a poem to feature here on the blog. Consider this your...

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“Painter Working, Reflection” and “Ex-Voto” by Dr. Michael Cunningham

Frida Kahlo’s Portrait of Doctor Farillhttp://bit.ly/1Mw7iU5 An introductory note on ekphrastic poetry (“Artists at Their Easels” ) by Dr. Michael Cunningham: I have been interested in portraiture,...

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Editor’s Notes #174

Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Hello, blog readers, and welcome to another round-up of the most recent posts here on the Jet Fuel Review blog. We’ll get to those posts in just a...

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Writing Advice: Dynamic Description

http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com Description can be a difficult thing to get right, and yet it can be the backbone of any story. If you want your readers to become absorbed in what you’re writing, it’s...

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Jet Fuel Jukebox for 1/26/16

Happy Tuesday, everybody! Of course, as per usual, Jake and I have cobbled together a 20-song playlist for your enjoyment! Tomorrow we’ll have a review of Panic! At The Disco’s latest offering, Death...

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Pick-a-Poem: Penelope Shuttle

http://riverwalkmamas.com Hello, blog readers! It’s time for another installment of our Pick-a-Poem feature. Each week, we feature a new poem in the hopes of exposing you to some new poetry to read....

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Colors of Noise: Panic! At The Disco’s “Death of a Bachelor”

http://bit.ly/1Ups3n9 The year is 2006: if you’re not texting your friends on your Motorola Razr, you’re messaging them on MySpace. It was during this time period that angsty, pop-punk music was all...

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Basement Dwelling: “Moth” by Chairlift

http://bit.ly/1IRdwQk Viewing the career trajectory of Chairlift through a public lens can be quite confounding. How can a band who started off as a project formed with the intent to provide...

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Oh Boy, What A Mess: A Review of “The Boy”

http://bit.ly/1nDLVsG Some of my absolute favorite horror films over the past couple of years have been the ones that revel in the slow burn. 2009’s House of the Devil, 2014’s Starry Eyes and The...

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Writing Advice: Finding a Flow

http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com Road trips can be fun, right? If you don’t get carsick, you can use the time to get a lot of reading done. If you do get carsick, you can sing along to your favorite...

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Introducing Our New Assistant Blog Editors

We here at Jet Fuel Review have some exciting news to share this week. It is my absolute pleasure to introduce three new assistant blog editors who will not only be contributing their own unique blogs...

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Jet Fuel Jukebox for 2/2/2016

Happy Tuesday, everybody! Thank you for returning to check out yet another installment of the Jet Fuel Jukebox, our weekly playlist consisting of 20 songs that we currently can’t get out of our heads....

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Pick-a-Poem: Fleda Brown

http://riverwalkmamas.com Hello, blog readers, and Happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all having a splendid week so far. If you need an excuse to slow down and read some poetry, take this week’s...

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Basement Dwelling: “Emotional Mugger” by Ty Segall

http://bit.ly/1NNY7vm On the cover of Ty Segall’s 11th record, underneath the image of a grainy black-and-white photo of a disturbing looking doll, is a caption that says, “No man is good three times.”...

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“Grease: Live!” is the One That I Want…To Watch Again and Again

http://bit.ly/1mbxmux When I was about six years old — during the summer when my family and I moved into our new house — my mother had had enough of my vigorously expressed boredom. She was simply...

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Vampires, Werewolves, and Fairies, Oh My!: A Review of “Born at Midnight”

http://bit.ly/1StUV0h Hello readers, and welcome back to Sabrina’s Book Corner! This week we will be talking about Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter. Kylie Galen is shipped off to a camp for troubled...

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Meet the Editors: Sam Gennett

Sam Gennett Hello readers, and happy Friday! We here at the Jet Fuel Review are happy to bring back one of our favorite features, the “Meet the Editors” series! For the next six weeks, we will have new...

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Editor’s Notes #175

Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Good evening, blog readers! I hope that your week has been fantastic. Before we get to all the amazing posts that have gone up in the past couple of...

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Looking Back and Looking Forward

http://bit.ly/1Sa9ZzM About five and a half years ago, I was beginning my senior year at Lewis University. In my senior year, I knew that I’d have to do some type of internship for my major, which was...

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Jet Fuel Jukebox for 2/9/16

Is everyone liking the new look of the blog? I sure hope so. Either way, the train never stops on our weekly playlist! This week, the highlight on the Jukebox is “Kiss It Better” by Rihanna, as Jake...

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