Kati Langille

Kati Langille

Kati Langille is a writer with articles published in the University of Chicago Maroon, www.readunwritten.com, and The Art Newsletter. She attends the University of Chicago where she majors in English Literature with a minor in Religious Studies.

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Post-Modern Satire Gets Angst. It Invented Angst.

Post-Modern Satire Gets Angst. It Invented Angst.

Sometimes, meaning seems meaningless. When there is neither Cat nor Cradle to be seen, how can we trust the prejudices of a taught but false reality? Kurt Vonnegut asks this question in his expansive religious and scientific satire novel, Cat's Cradle.

To Be or Not To Be

To Be or Not To Be

Is still the open ended question in this day of modern online discourse and never ending opinions, but do we need to answer it differently and change our mode of conversing with others?

We are Primitive Man

We are Primitive Man

Rachel Kushner's novel Creation Lake shows us that liberal activists want the same things that humans have always wanted, and conservative forces just want to be left alone to do as they please. The differences in political extremes often lead to the same end points.

Girl, So Detective

Girl, So Detective

It is so confusing to be a girl raised on Nancy Drew, Miss. Marple, and J.B. Fletcher when you realize how scrutinized these characters are today, considering their historical context.

Culture is a Cult

Culture is a Cult

Mona Awad's "Rouge" shows us the way in which culture becomes a cult which we have to choose to escape for our own sanity.