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Tag: literature

Ogygia

Nobody can save me. Not from myself, nor the elements. Thunder electrocutes my heart. Utterly barbecued —The grill marks resemble … More

literature, mythology, poem, Poetry

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.

Academic Essay, books, Cheristina Rossetti, Culture, Goblin Market, Literary Criticism, Literary Criticism., literature, Poetry Criticsm

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

book review, Cultural Criticism, Literary Criticism, literature, Translated Fiction

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

books, Creative Non Fiction, film, Literary Criticism, literature

They Don’t Pack Light, Do They?

Hen sat at the bus shelter in a blueberry coat with a tissue tucked in the right sleeve. Her carer … More

Creative Writing, Fiction, flash fiction, literature

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

Gothic, Gothic Literature, Literary Criticism, literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Salem, Short Stories

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

Booktube, Cultural Criticism, Literary Criticism, literature

June Diary ’24

The fresh, pink jelly of twenty-seven trips around the sun hits my soul. I spend the day eating cake and … More

books, bookworm, diary, film, journal, literature

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

Culture, Fiction, Literary Criticism, literature

Pozzywallah: Dr. Wintooth and the Giant Hogweed

Author’s Note: This is the first tale to come out of Pozzywallah! Share with everyone you know! Read it to … More

Children's Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Frankenstein, Kidlit, literature, Middle Grade

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