Violette Leduc’s ‘The Lady and the Little Fox Fur & the Art of Distance

“I think that I shall never knowWhy I am thus, and I am so.”—A Fairly Sad Tale, Dorothy Parker ⧫ … More

Vampires in the Closet: Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’

Author’s Note: This is an academic article I wrote on Christina Rossetti’s poem, Goblin Market.

In Anticipation of the Roo-Crew

Sally Rooney’s first novel, Conversations With Friends, begins with the lacklustre, “Bobby and I first met Melissa at a poetry night … More

There’s Womb at the Inn

Ten years ago, I was sitting in my media studies class, buzzing with the urge to run away. I had … More

Mining the Red Wheelbarrow

so much dependsupon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the whitechickens —The Red Wheelbarrow, William Carlos Williams When I … More

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Journey into Folk Horror: Young Goodman Brown (1835)

First published anonymously in the April 1835 edition of The New England Review, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown is considered … More

Mathilda by Mary Shelley: Acts of Creation

I’m sure we can all acknowledge the pressing fact that the surroundings we grow in shape us into who we … More

In My Influencer Era…

I have been unhappy with my Instagram for a while now, and I follow quite a few book bloggers on … More

Books I Read in March

For the first half of the month, I hadn’t completed any books. But, I soon changed that. My life is … More

Book Review: One More Number by Craig Rodgers

Craig Rodger’s ‘One More Number’ is a collection full of music, grit, and unsavoury characters. There are six stories within … More