“I’ll lie here when I’m a ghost and smoke ghost cigarettes and watch ye earthlin’s goin’ about yeer pointless days.”-Marina … More
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Born to Judge
“These born to judge as well as those to writeLet such teach others who themselves excel.” —Alexander Pope, An Essay on … More
The Butcherbird: A Collage
The funeral eye sleeps like a criminal Sources:
Helpless Devil of the Mind
Reading: Armadale by Wilkie Collins / Life With Picasso by Francoise Gilot / Everyman Pocket Poets: Art and Artists “Beware of … 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.
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
The Tsundoku (積ん読) Collective
Tsundoku (積ん読): The phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them. The term … More
Kafka’s Bug
In just a four days, I will be turning twenty-seven years old. For most people, this will make me sound … More
Drowning in Narcissus’ Pond
A✨narcissist✨will create a revolving door of praise around themselves. They will ensure that nobody believes your side of the story. … More