What We Can—and Can’t—Learn About Louisa May Alcott from Her Teenage Fiction
Each “Unfinished Business” will examine an unfinished work left behind by one of our greatest authors. What might have been genius, and what might have been...
Each “Unfinished Business” will examine an unfinished work left behind by one of our greatest authors. What might have been genius, and what might have been...
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Superheroes have been around a long time, and most of the characters and genre conventions are pretty well established. But did every character always look and...
Guess what? I’m moving! This may not be exciting to you, but I’ve been houseless (I’ve been very deliberate on how to phrase this, because I...
Mia Couto has a very peculiar way to play with words, which has created interesting debates on translation, and how those plays on words are kept...
In the U.S, there’s an awards season that puts a spotlight on movies, music, and such. There are the Oscars, the Emmys, the Tony Awards, and...
(Please read the following in sarcasm font) Can you imagine characters in a fantasy novel having the audacity to be LGBTQ+and do other stuff besides think...
Braw (adj, Scots) – great, brilliant, pleasing. When I think of the famous novels and pieces of writing from my country’s canon, there’s an undeniable, innovative...
I’ve read about white people going on adventures my entire life, and always convinced myself that those weren’t for me. Here’s the thing about adventures: all...
Years ago, I read a book called Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation by Urvashi Vaid. It was written in 1995, but I...