American Son: A Poetry Book Review
“We cry for grief/ a long cry for grief/ America cries for we/ daughters and sons/ growing like grains of wheat in a dry and weary land/ put the tears […]
The Silmarillion: Truth in the Secondary World of Middle Earth
“Probably every writer making a secondary world, every sub-creator, wishes in some measure to be a real maker, or hopes that he is drawing on reality . . . The […]
A Book A Month: The LitWyrm 2020 Reading Challenge
This week, I’ve been thinking about how I want to add a little more variety to my reading diet. What I came up with is a 2020 reading challenge for […]
The Best Yes: The Value of Saying No This Holiday Season
Saying no can be the best way to say yes to what’s most important. The autumn air is turning crisp, even here in the South. The grocery store is full […]
C.S. Lewis’s “The Dark Tower” and the Appeal of Unfinished Works
There is something exciting about reading an unfinished work; a certain charm in observing the fledgling thought of a writer, even if we are destined to never see the full […]
Vagabond Song: Why Poetry, Autumn, and Wanderlust Are 3 Peas in a Pod
A Vagabond Song by Bliss Carman There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood— Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a […]
Frankenstein, His Monster, and Moral Responsibility
“ You are in the wrong, ” replied the fiend; “and instead of threatening, I am content to reason with you. I am malicious because I am miserable. . . […]
3 Reasons I Love “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” and Why You Will Too
“There is magic in starlight, of course. This is well known. But because the light travels such a long distance, the magic in it is fragile and diffused, stretched into […]