A review of the two memoirs by Frank McCourt; “Angela’s Ashes” and “Tis.” These were moving accounts of his upbringing in Limerick, Ireland.
The Pulitzer Prize Winner
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Sex, Fascism, and So Forth
A book review of Master Lovers from the small press Outpost 19 in San Francisco.
Modernist Poetry
Modernist literature is characterized by a break with traditions of literary subjects, forms, concepts and styles.
Profiles in Honesty
A book review of Writers and Missionaries, by Adam Shatz.
Not my circus, not my monkeys
Visiting the fascinating world of idioms and expressions and how they convey dozens of cultural subtleties and concepts.
A freelance journalist’s take on transitioning to dystopian fiction writing
The dystopian genre has produced some of history’s most iconic books, like Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World…
The Whole Wide World
A review of The Whole Wide World. I was surprised that my sister did not like it all, so I tried to examine why it impacted me so much.
House of Hunger/Book Review
Lexi Kent-Monning’s book review of House of Hunger by Uzodinma Okehi.
Stories from the Darp
A review of Pinching Zwieback, stories by Mitchell Toews.
From A Candle To A Flame To A Wildfire Of Hope
This is a review of Mehreen Ahmed’s novel, Incandescence published by Impspired Magazine, UK and written by Chitra Gopalakrishnan.
The Corner Store
A local landmark, a collection of antique merchandising gear, and what Tuffer Gibson calls his baby, that’s the Corner Store.
Review of Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
A review of Ainslie Hogarth’s Motherthing, a New York Times Best Book of the Year.
On “Writing What You Know” When You Can’t Write About Yourself
“Write what you know” is common writing advice. But how do we make this mean something and make it a part of our own writing?
Jean Paul
One of literature’s great eccentrics, Jean Paul was popular in Germany in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Problematic Pollock: Why is he painting on the rug?
Exploring some of the ways in which cultural history has glorified Pollock’s work and turned it into a monolithic iconic entity.
Eyes on the Prize
Before there was transgender there was One-Eyed Charley.