Monthly Archives: May 2019

Chandeliers have never lit a room so dimly. The carpet suffocates underneath your leather heels as you make your way toward me, the certain destination you yearned to reach. You smell like weed which makes me feel less queasy than … Continue reading →

America began as an immoral country and has not developed more quality values to this day. The realization of this lack of growth is what will provoke the nation to engage in moving toward better core principles. A faulty beginning … Continue reading →

My home was once very messy. A lack of being swept caused the dust on the floor to shift into nightmarish feathers empty, yet thickly built of remains. Always as dimly lit as a shadow, the darkness embraced me when … Continue reading →

Inspired by The Emissary by Yoko Tawada Great-grandmother told me about a book she read in grade school many many years ago. It was called Wonder. She didn’t tell me who wrote it because they were American. The boy in … Continue reading →

The perplexing antagonist in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pearl, is the human embodiment of the everlasting mystery: can a sin truly be undone? She is Hester’s challenge to overcome even more so than Chillingworth is due to how … Continue reading →

What is problematic about seeing the world through rose-colored glasses? Although some argue that ignorance is bliss, the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a magnificent illustration of how a distorted perspective can affect how a story is comprehended … Continue reading →

There was a particular cadence of chatter that rattled through the streets that began with a first heel that clicked on the pavement as a first coattail drifted behind a lady walking with intention. By the late afternoon, her former … Continue reading →

How does a writer make a reader curious? By presenting a question that needs an answer. Curiosity is the first step to gaining focus. Relating directly to the reader’s emotions is important in order to maintain it. Writers use literary … Continue reading →

Women are an embodiment of innocence in the novel. Standing to represent society and its’ ignorance of the war but also stereotyping women as softer and more innocent individuals. This stereotype benefits the men in a way that is necessary … Continue reading →

A beach made of pebbles and three towels lined along the shore, the sun dried us so our towels did not have to. I reached over Leah for the bag of chips and collided with Emma’s hand as she grabbed … Continue reading →