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...
Author: Hannah
Featured Poem 4/8 – “Azaleas”
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...
Have You Thought About This? : The Three-Pointed Balancing Act
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 —...
The Six: Six Things You Didn’t Know About Charles Dickens
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...
Featured Poem 4/1 – “Vespers”
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...
Have You Thought About This? : Warming Up
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...
The Six: Six Things You Didn’t Know About Louisa May Alcott
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...
Featured Poem 3/25 – “Beside a chrysanthemum”
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...
Featured Poem 3/18 – “A Koan for the Left Hand”
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...
Featured Poem 3/11 – “I Will Pronounce Your Name”
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...
