Category Archives: Essays

Meeting a Wizard

I was ten years old before I could read. As I looked at words, they would move. Sometimes they would run together, blurring into new, different words. Other times, the letters would change shape, becoming characters totally foreign to the English alphabet. The longer I looked at the words, the harder it would get toContinue reading “Meeting a Wizard”

As I Lay Dying: An Allegory of War

In 1930, a man published an unusual book. It used colloquial language of the American south, and followed multiple narrators. The book was called As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner. William Faulkner lived through perilous times. He served in World War I in the Royal Air Force (William Faulkner Joins the Royal Air Force,Continue reading “As I Lay Dying: An Allegory of War”

In Defense of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Ursula K. Le Guin and the Canon of English Literature             In consideration of literature, most readers would agree that classic works, such as those of William Shakespeare, John Milton, or Jane Austen fall into the accepted canon of seminal English works. Works of modern fantasy and science fiction, however, are often not given theContinue reading “In Defense of Fantasy & Science Fiction”

Poetry Patterns

Poetry has acted as a window into deeper understanding of language for me. I have dyslexia, which radically changes the way I interpret information, specifically lingual information (written and spoken). But from a young age, poetry and the workings of poetics was a way I could read easily. The patterned setup of Iambic Pentameter, endContinue reading “Poetry Patterns”

Poetry Practice

Poetry is an artform which is dear to me. Long ago, I wrote many poems. For reasons I do not yet fully understand, I stopped writing poetry just before I graduated with an Associates degree in 2014. Yet now, as I continue my education seven years later, I have found once again that poetry isContinue reading “Poetry Practice”