When I put the first spoonful into my mouth, I started to cry. The sugar melted on my tongue and… Read more Peaches
Tag: Literary
Wake Up
“Do you ever wake up and get annoyed that the world still exists?” David thought about the question, pressing the… Read more Wake Up
Before the Dawn
The days were getting longer, the early morning sky streaked with dull sunlight when he rose now, the clouds like… Read more Before the Dawn
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… Read more A Moral-less “Down and Out”
Movement
Moving is hard for writers. I think it’s hard for everyone, of course, but being a writer and moving presents… Read more Movement
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… Read more The Novel Form
Sophocles’ Religion
Sophocles devotion to his Athenian religion is reflected in the play Oedipus the King, illuminating the work’s overall meaning. Examining… Read more Sophocles’ Religion
Measurements of Time
We were driving down to Oregon a week before Christmas, each contemplating what the move would mean for us, when… Read more Measurements of Time
Cyclical
When the atom bombs finally went off, mankind had the audacity to act surprised. There was mass panic and chaos… Read more Cyclical
Lacan, Doyle, and Holmes: Men and the Feminine (Part 3 of 3)
From the start, the differences between the Lacanian interpretation of the Oedipal Triangle and the one presented by Doyle become evident.… Read more Lacan, Doyle, and Holmes: Men and the Feminine (Part 3 of 3)
