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Peaches
When I put the first spoonful into my mouth, I started to cry. The sugar melted on my tongue and the sweet tartness of the juices made the roof of my mouth tingle. A teardrop reached the corner of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Creative, Creative Writing, Death, Fiction, Flash, Flash Fiction, Literary, Literature, Robin Jeffrey
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Wake Up
“Do you ever wake up and get annoyed that the world still exists?” David thought about the question, pressing the soggy flakes of his cereal under the milk with the tip of his spoon. At the other end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Character, Creative, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary, Literature, Robin Jeffrey, Short Story, Wake Up, Writing
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Before the Dawn
The days were getting longer, the early morning sky streaked with dull sunlight when he rose now, the clouds like a pane of frosted glass through which the light struggled to shine. Henry folded the last of Stephanie’s clothes into … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Before the Dawn, Creative, Fiction, Flash, Flash Fiction, Literary, Robin Jeffrey, Romance, Short Story, Writing
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A Moral-less “Down and Out”
George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London takes us out of the 18th and 19th century and catapults us into the ‘modern’ age of the 20th. Just as in Moll Flanders, the story laid out in Down and … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, Academic, Arts, Character, Creative, Down and Out in Paris and London, Essay, Fiction, George Orwell, History, Literary, Literature, Lowlife, Morality, nature, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Robin Jeffrey, Writing
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Movement
Moving is hard for writers. I think it’s hard for everyone, of course, but being a writer and moving presents a unique set of problems that I’m not sure everyone else experiences, or at least experiences to the same extent. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Authors, Creative, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary, Movement, Moving, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Robin Jeffrey, Short Story, Writers, Writing
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The Novel Form
One of the things that stand out the most while reading Henry Fielding’s Jonathan Wild, is how differently it is formatted from other works from the same period. Granted, The Beggar’s Opera is a play and thus formatted accordingly. But Moll Flanders, while … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century Literature, Academic, Arts, Creative, Essay, Henry Fielding, History, Jonathan Wild, Literary, Literature, Moll Flanders, Non-Fiction, Novels, Pamela, Play, Robin Jeffrey, The Beggar's Opera, Writing
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The Wild
I worry, at times, that Rapunzel exchanged one ivory tower for another; one with bigger windows and more staircases, but a tower nonetheless. I wonder, sometimes, how unhappy she really was, cast out into the wilderness, sheared and alone for … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Character, Creative, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Feminist theory, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Gender, gendered body, Grimm, Literary, nature, Philosophy, Rapunzel, Robin Jeffrey, Women's studies, Writing
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Sophocles’ Religion
Sophocles devotion to his Athenian religion is reflected in the play Oedipus the King, illuminating the work’s overall meaning. Examining man’s responsibility for his own moral sanctity and his own sanity, Sophocles at the same time recognizes that in order … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic, Ancient Religion, Arts, Athens, Creative, Essay, History, Literary, Non-Fiction, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus the King, Philosophy, Play, Religion, Robin Jeffrey, Sophocles, Theater, Writing
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Measurements of Time
We were driving down to Oregon a week before Christmas, each contemplating what the move would mean for us, when the radio died. We hadn’t been listening to the radio; we’d brought a book full of CDs to while away … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Creative, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literary, Measurements of Time, Robin Jeffrey, Short Story, Writing
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Cyclical
When the atom bombs finally went off, mankind had the audacity to act surprised. There was mass panic and chaos all across the globe. Some people took to the streets, running as if they could actually escape the destruction. Others … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Creative, Cyclical, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Horror, Literary, nature, Robin Jeffrey, science fiction, Short Story, Writing
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