Tag: literature
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Jacobi Fuji
The Simmons public library was a melting pot of the haves and have-nots, a mixture of homeless people and the wealthy older residents of the nearby neighborhood. This was no surprise to the woman sitting in the plush red armchair. Her hair pulled into a ponytail so tight, it might tear off her…
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All Your Faves are Fanfic
When I was fourteen, I was something of a big deal in the Inheritance Cycle fanfiction.net archives. Somehow, this is only in the lower end of “Top Ten Embarrassing Sentences I’ve Ever Typed.” Anyway, for most of my teen years, I wrote fanfiction like it was my job, avidly read other people’s work, acted…
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The Misconception of Machiavelli
People fear Niccolò Machiavelli, but few love him. Consequently, the term ‘Machiavellian’ describes an individual who callously disregards morality on his quest to amass immense power. Immediately after publication, those who dared read his delightfully wicked masterpiece, The Prince, feared it would pervert the minds and morals of those in power. The vilest members of…
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Dark Towers — from 58 poems written at 29
At the end of every alley their stands A timeless tower. Top of the Rock Rises rustic and rearing tomorrow’s Artisan deco amateurs and their visions Of gilded ages. Glimpse it at the end Of an alley or walkway. Empire is there At the end of broadway or as the aim of Macy’s Herald Square.…
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Kindle Faults :: 10 Things My Kindle Can’t Do
There are 10 things my Kindle can’t do. These Kindle faults show the power of preferring a standard paperback: Exist without a Power Source – Unfortunately, somebody bought out Nicolae Tesla’s patents. As is, we have no Tesla Coils to transmit electricity to our Kindle through midair. I’ve had two separate occasions where I ran out…
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Art History : it’s a method, not a subject
Today’s encouragement for all of you artists is a weird one, but a good one if you take a couple of moments to reflect with me on art history and change. We will compare two quotes—one is a poem and one comes from a philosophical work. Then in the comments, we’ll reflect on how these two are linked.…
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BOOK CLUB !!!!
For those of you who like reading novels, I host a book club group on Facebook. It’s super laid back with plenty of time to fit a novel into your busy schedule – a book club for people who DO NOT HAVE TIME for book club. As I post this, we’re having a discussion on “The Fault…
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Missing Lemony Snicket?
Have you seen these around town? This campaign combines two of my favorite things: innovative marketing and literature. See, I hate ads unless they’re really really good. My dad used to hang these things up all the time to sell things or to distribute information, but to use one for a bestselling YA series?! Oh…
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50 @ 25: Another Epic Journey in Manful Poetry
Once upon a time, I read that the perfect age for writing quality poetry is twenty-three. Apparently most of T.S. Elliot’s stuff came out then, the rest of his work being supposedly non-poetic. Conviction from said knowledge resulted in 46 poems written at 23. These poems came out exponentially faster and faster before my 24th birthday…
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10 Ways to NOT read Milton’s Poetry
BOOM: Vol. 4. COMPLETE POEMS IN ENGLISH, MILTON At this pace, I’ll be doing good to finish these suckers by my 30th birthday. For those who have only started reading and hanging out on here this year, I’m actually in the middle of a Harvard Classic read-through. I started out sprinting like Seabiscuit but slowed…
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Inception Movie Meaning and inception meaning : Nolan’s Inferno
A low-shelf literary analysis INCEPTION compared to Dante