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Autumn Blossoms
Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri speaks to Gajra Kottary, the author of Autumn Blossoms.
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Spiritual symbols in The Left Hand of Darkness
The author traces the influence of Taoism on Ursula K. Le Guin’s science fiction, analysing the use of spiritual symbols in her book, ‘The left hand of darkness’ which directly relates to her belief in Taoism.
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Why Julia, Gertrude, and Daisy Deserve a Little Less Criticism
The author invites readers to revisit Julia (1984), Gertrude (Hamlet) and Daisy (The Great Gatsby) with more context and see further than the male gaze.
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How Steinbeck Uses Environment to Create Entry Points into a Narrative
Geoffrey Miller writes about the nuanced approach of the inimitable Steinbeck and how he uses environment to create entry points and eases into the minds of readers.
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Starting Late – Reflections on becoming a Writer
The author shares her reflections on becoming a writer and the tussle between self-publishing and traditional publishing.
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A Way of Seeing: How to write like a Woman
The author circumnavigates the world of literature, along with the intent of discovering the know-how of women writers and comes back satisfied.
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War, Grief, and Ukrainian Independence
In Conversation with Oksana Zabuzhko’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude, or the Importance of a Story” and Olesya Khromeychuk’s A Loss
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Proximity to—and from—Bodies: The Civil War Poetry of Whitman & Dickinson
The author studies the seemingly dichotomous take on war in Walt Whitman’s and Emily Dickinson’s poetry; and argues for the congruency it attains underlining sufferings and deaths. Further, she notes the heavy usage of punctuations in Dickinson’s war poetry and theorizes what it represents.
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Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing: The Uses and Manipulation of Bodies
“… teachers are very serious because they do all their work with their minds and so sometimes they have to be reminded that they must use their bodies.” – Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing
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In Times of Shadow Shows and Pandemonium: Returning to Ray Bradbury
At 61 years, in the midst of a pandemic, Keith Fadelici turns his attention to a collection of Ray Bradbury’s novels & short stories on his bookshelves and inspects the author’s lasting legacy.
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The Threshold Perspective
Playwright-poet Ashutosh Potdar’s questioning approach towards traditions and modernity gives his writing a nuanced and layered approach. We talk to him to know more about his thought process.
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Bright Stain
As the title suggests, Francesca Bell’s debut collection of poetry, Bright Stain (Red Hen Press, 2019) is rife with complexity and nuance. A stain might..
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Between the Numinous and Me
Every author gets asked—cornered, perhaps—to say succinctly: What’s your book about? Two ex-cons murder a family of four in Kansas and, after the crime and..
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Everything’s Dead But the Tree: Notes on Beckett and Alzheimer’s
“That’s how it is on this bitch of an earth.” — Pozzo in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett I read Waiting for Godot this..
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The Magic & Mystery in Magical Realism
The term magic implies sleight of hand, an ability to make things appear and disappear at will. In a magic show, magicians exercise their ability..
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Chitarroni and Chatwin in Patagonia
Author: Luis Chitarroni Title: From Siluetas/Silhouettes (La Bestia Equilátera, 2012) Language: Spanish (Argentina) Excerpt Length: Approx. 1,300 Words Translator: Allison A. deFreeseRights Holder: Luis Chitarroni,..
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The Consolation of Joy Williams
Can we incorporate and treasure and be nourished by that which we do not understand? Of course. — Joy Williams It was a fresh day..
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Holden, Charlie, and the Fight for the Coming of Age
Ally H. Campanozzi delves deep into the psyche of adolescence and sexual trauma from the eyes of Holden and Charlie.
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A Light to Read By: A Tribute to William Maxwell
Gretchen Comba writes a tribute to William Maxwell and discusses how his pivotal moments take place in insignificant moments that occur after the tragedy.
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Literary Shorthand: What Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” Can Teach Readers About a Useful Writing Technique
Vincent Larson offers this fun, exploratory literary criticism on Hemingway’s work, intended to help writers discover a type of literary notation that they might use in their own work.
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Re-Thinking Thoreau: Between the Lines of His Life and Work
“Re-Thinking Thoreau” is John Roman’s attempt to correct the legacy of Thoreau and explores how Henry was able to surmount his “issues’ during a time when medical attention and prescription drugs were not available.
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The Nocilla Trilogy: The End of Literature?
Someone sometime said their paintings represent the end of painting; I think it was Ad Reinhardt. Years before, Piet Mondrian sought to be the world’s..
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Writing Terror Without Terrorizing the Reader
In writing, the emotions terror and dread are easy to evoke, yet difficult to evoke well. One of the common follies present in beginning writing..
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Ethics & Environmental Stewardship in The Road
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road can best be described as an exploration of human complexity in the wake of life-threatening conflict. It follows the story of..