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How to Read Literature like a Professor

Ever wonder why every road trip seems more like a quest?  Why those people seem share something when they eat together?  Why those poems all look like sonnets?

In How to Read Literature like a Professor, Foster carves out age-old interpretation concepts for the beginning-intermediate reader’s marbled mind.  Though it does not compare in scope, style, quality, or breadth to On Writing, I would recommend Foster’s book to any Literature 101 class with the same tenacity I use referring Stephen King’s book to Writing 101 classes merely for its concise economy of words and concepts.  I’ll highlight some of my favorite chapters: Continue reading

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Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul

Burckhardt’s Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul is the defining work on Esoteric Alchemy.  Written originally in German, this volume takes us from the modern misconception that Alchemy has something to do with turning real lead into actual gold, moves us through the quirks and nooks within the hall of Alchemy fame, and lands us somewhere in the middle of a meditation-based approach to alchemy centered on astrology.

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New Page from J.K. Rowling’s Notebook (via Hog’s Head)

My friend Travis Prinzi published this page from Rowling’s journal, showing how she thought through some of the plot schemes:

Thanks Travis!

- Lancelot