I first read Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things as a college sophomore in a seminar on women in literature.… Read more On (re)reading The God of Small Things
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WLT’s Translating Lincoln
In honor of Linclon‘s birthday, World Literature Today has posted a very brief portion of a quote and asked translators… Read more WLT’s Translating Lincoln
Drawing Dinosaurs
Seven years ago, while at Providence College, my good friend Todd Page created what has now become an annual holiday: Draw… Read more Drawing Dinosaurs
Graduate Writing Retreats
As a graduate assistant for my university’s writing center, I’ve been charged with starting the university’s first series of graduate… Read more Graduate Writing Retreats
Listening my way through Woolf
Having read my Woolf novels so many times, and having to read so many other books for my M.A. exams,… Read more Listening my way through Woolf
Something Unbroken
It’s the kind of day when only Woolf will do: I went from one to the other holding my sorrow… Read more Something Unbroken
Good Night Moon: A Critical Analysis
It is past midnight, and I should be in bed. After all, my productivity levels have been steadily waning since… Read more Good Night Moon: A Critical Analysis
The case for a day job
T.S. Eliot had to do it. Work to pay the bills, I mean. At a bank. Writes Robert Fay: On… Read more The case for a day job
So insanely sane.
So said Julio Cortázar: Creo que todos tenemos un poco de esa bella locura que nos mantiene andando cuando todo… Read more So insanely sane.
On Borges
A thought, from Borges: I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met,… Read more On Borges