Have You Thought About This? : Diversity in Literature
Let’s get this out of the way. I am white. I am white and I grew up in bland Midwestern America. I love my hometown and the place that I’m from, but it’s bland...
Write Gooder, not Better
Let’s get this out of the way. I am white. I am white and I grew up in bland Midwestern America. I love my hometown and the place that I’m from, but it’s bland...
Azaleas by Kim So-wŏl See information on the translation of this poem here. When seeing me sickens you and you walk out I’ll send you off without a word, no fuss. Yongbyon’s...
The more I review, the more a trifecta of necessary elements calls my attention and gets my mind stirring. You’ve read them. The “un-successes”. The moments of a novel that are all imagery —...
1. His immortal pet raven inspired the famous Nevermore-speaker of Poe. Dickens had a pet raven named Grip. That alone might be interesting. Imagine growing up in a household with a nice, big, super...
Vespers by Louise Glück In your extended absence, you permit me use of earth, anticipating some return on investment. I must report failure in my assignment, principally regarding the tomato plants. I think I...
It’s a pretty standard aspect of any skill. Before you go for a long run, you take a warm-up walk. Before you go on stage to belt out opera to a full stadium, you...
1. She lived within walking distance of Ralph Waldo Emerson… and had a lot of company. When Louisa was 8, she and her family moved into a house nearby Emerson’s cottage in Concord. Over...
Beside a chrysanthemum by Midang For one chrysanthemum to bloom a nightingale has sobbed since spring, perhaps. For one chrysanthemum to bloom thunder has pealed in dark clouds, perhaps. Flower! Like my sister standing at her...
A Koan for the Left Hand by Mike Arnautov The Sun immersed its golden arm Up to the elbow into water, And sorts through pebbles at the bottom. What more to say about this...
I Will Pronounce Your Name by Leopold Sedar Senghor I will pronounce your name, Naett, I will declaim you, Naett! Naett, your name is mild like cinnamon, it is the fragrance in which...