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My Experience as a Spiderman Reader
My Experience as a Spiderman Reader
Today, prejudice continues for adult comic book readers, who have to put up with very unfortunate comments about one of their great…
Alejandro Orradre
Oct 25
The Horror of Grieving an Abusive Mother
The Horror of Grieving an Abusive Mother
A review of ‘The Truth of a Kaleidoscope Mind’ by Patrick Bryce Wright
Amanda Melheim
Oct 23
‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’ (1973) by Ursula K. Le Guin
‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’ (1973) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Time To Walk Away From Israel
Marc Barham
Oct 22
Autumn Transformation, Between Sunset And Shadows
Autumn Transformation, Between Sunset And Shadows
The liminal paintings of John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893) and gothic horror
Marc Barham
Oct 21
Why I Blame Ovid for Fifty Shades of Grey
Why I Blame Ovid for Fifty Shades of Grey
Charting the Strange Series of Inspirations that Led to Fifty Shades
Tom Barrett
Oct 19
Are Classics Going the Way of the Dinosaur?
Are Classics Going the Way of the Dinosaur?
An English major’s commentary on classics, elitism, and modern-day anti-intellectualism
Annika Hotta
Oct 17
Nobel Winner Han Kang’s Writing Is Intimate, Vulnerable and Powerful
Nobel Winner Han Kang’s Writing Is Intimate, Vulnerable and Powerful
Know the pulse of Korean literature through her works (access free resources!)
Arya James
Oct 16
On Time and Reading
On Time and Reading
Thought on how we can bridge the past, present, and future
Kristine Harper
Oct 12
Names As Stories: The Cultural And Philosophical Weight Of Identity
Names As Stories: The Cultural And Philosophical Weight Of Identity
Of feeble fables, African literary icons, and a proper African classic
KX
Oct 11
The Weight of Life in ‘A Dreary Story’ (Chekhov)
The Weight of Life in ‘A Dreary Story’ (Chekhov)
One of the greatest writers of Russian literature explores the feeling that a dying man experiences when, knowing that his end is near, he…
Alejandro Orradre
Oct 10
Notes on Charles Bukowski’s ‘Women’, the Ugliest ‘Light’ Reading Available
Notes on Charles Bukowski’s ‘Women’, the Ugliest ‘Light’ Reading Available
Bukowski’s third novel, published in 1978, is simultaneously simple-minded and deeply complex
Reece Beckett
Oct 9
Iconic British Fantasy: Narnia And Middle-Earth
Iconic British Fantasy: Narnia And Middle-Earth
Light, Christianity, magic vs power, rings and darkness
Marc Barham
Oct 9
Reconciling the Past with the Present
Reconciling the Past with the Present
Are stories enough?
Patrick O'Connor
Oct 8
‘Rendezvous With Rama’ (1973) By Arthur C. Clarke: Denis Villeneuve’s Next Sci-Fi Film?
‘Rendezvous With Rama’ (1973) By Arthur C. Clarke: Denis Villeneuve’s Next Sci-Fi Film?
Three is a mysterious number
Marc Barham
Oct 8
Book Review: ‘Teatime at Peggy’s’
Book Review: ‘Teatime at Peggy’s’
A glimpse of Anglo-India
Lisa Fouweather
Oct 7
‘Millions of Cats’ — The First Picture Book to Win the Newberry Honor
‘Millions of Cats’ — The First Picture Book to Win the Newberry Honor
It’s a great choice
Evan Purcell
Oct 6
A Critique of Khaled Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’
A Critique of Khaled Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’
The conditions, choices and consequences female characters live — and die — with in this novel, and the way they reflect our cultural…
KX
Oct 6
The Book Review — ‘The Human Stain’
The Book Review — ‘The Human Stain’
Philip Roth’s mastery is once again demonstrated in an accurate dissection of the human being through a plot of apparent implausibility but…
Alejandro Orradre
Oct 4
Oscar Wilde and the Beauty of Uselessness
Oscar Wilde and the Beauty of Uselessness
Art should entertain, not teach
Elan Kesilman-Davin, Ph.D.
Oct 1
‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe
‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe
Poem perusal
T. Cagliari
Sep 30
Literary Criticism: The Importance of Criticising Writers
Literary Criticism: The Importance of Criticising Writers
Why being criticised is uncomfortable but extremely necessary
T. Cagliari
Sep 29
Why Edith Wharton Still Matters
Why Edith Wharton Still Matters
The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction is one of the great novelists of tribalism in American life
Janice Harayda
Sep 28
Kelpies, Korrigans and Catacombs: A Brief Introduction to Supernatural Scotland
Kelpies, Korrigans and Catacombs: A Brief Introduction to Supernatural Scotland
Is that just the whisky kicking in, or is this place haunted?
Nick Hart
Sep 27
Sontag’s Warning: Stop Interpreting Art and Start Feeling It
Sontag’s Warning: Stop Interpreting Art and Start Feeling It
Focus on form over content
Elan Kesilman-Davin, Ph.D.
Sep 26
The Book Review — The Legend of Mother Sarah
The Book Review — The Legend of Mother Sarah
One of the most influential works of manga, which was an inspiration for future generations and one of the pioneers in crossing the…
Alejandro Orradre
Sep 26
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