Slow Down Time: The Power of Time Perception by Jean Paul Zogby looks at how we see and process time. As Einstein said “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s two hours....
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Make a Joyful Life in 30 Days with ‘The Joy Plan’ by Kaia Roman
by Melinda Torr
The Joy Plan by Kaia Roman outlines a 30-day experiment where the author concentrates solely on joy, quitting complaining, and stopping worrying! She puts the results of the experiment into this book. It’s easy to read, fun, joyful—and super inspiring. The book starts...
Balancing Rejection, Acceptance, Grief, and Groceries: A Review of Michelle Zauner’s ‘Crying in H Mart’
Content Warning: Death, Depression, Abortion, Cancer. Death comes in many forms, whether it's the loss of a pet, a family member, a friend, or an acquaintance. For many, this loss propels those affected into periods of self-reflection as they do their best to...
Join Lit Shark in Celebrating Life on National Rainbow Baby Day
Happy Thursday, readers, writers, and shark fans! We hope you're enjoying your week as well as Issue 6 of Lit Shark Magazine: The SHARK DOG Edition if you've begun reading it. Thank you so much for your support! Today, we want to draw your attention to an important...
Geena Davis Rises Like a Phoenix from the Ashes After ‘Dying of Politeness’
This September, our silver screens will be graced (or haunted?!) by the revival of a triple-named ghoul with the return of Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (also known as Beetlejuice 2). In preparation, not only are we rewatching Beetlejuice...
‘I’d Rather Be Dead Than Deaf’: An Unflinching Glimpse Into One Teen’s World of Art, Poetry, Music, Family, & Liver Cancer
I remember about a decade ago, while sitting in on an interview for what would turn out to be an incredible internship at a cancer-centered publication, I discussed with the publication's President the importance of how we talk about cancer and how we communicate with...
Out Now: The Inspirational ‘Dear Starving Artist, Get Something to Eat’ by Actor Ransford Doherty & Screenwriter Angie J. Sanders
Unless they go in totally delusional, most creatives know that their journey to success may not be the smoothest or easiest journey they’ve been on. Actors and writers are referred to as “starving artists” by those critical of working creatives for a reason. ...
Lyanda Lynn Haupt’s ‘Rooted’: A Scientific Meditation on Human’s Relationship to Nature
Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit feels like a story in which the author, Lyanda Lynn Haupt, takes you gently by the hand and brings you on a sacred tour of the forest, pointing out details in hushed reverential tones. This nature manifesto...
Family Ties, Climate Change, & the Allure of Black Gold: Reading ‘Windfall’ by Erika Bolstad
Windfall tells the story of how journalist and documentary filmmaker, Erika Bolstad uncovers a hidden family history, buried deep underground in far-off North Dakota. Thanks to the royalties (known as “mineral rights”) that belong to her great-grandmother, this...