20 Articles Under This Category. The Choosing by Liz Lochhead - A Critical Essay - - Connor Davidson
This poem is a very well written poem which, was carefully and effectively assembled to give a technically brilliant poem. The poem concerns the writer and her friend, Mary. The poem takes the seemingly simple situation of a friend moving and elaborates on it to produce a poem with a deeper... Submitted 2 years 346 days ago.

Teaching A Thousand Splendid Suns: Afghanistan Speaks - Susan Bertolino
I just finished teaching Sunjata, the epic about the king who began the Mande Empire in West Africa. Now I'm moving onto A Thousand Splendid Suns . I may have to use a different tactic: I've been using Jungian archetypes to teach The Epic of Gilgamesh and Sunjata, but it may not be effective... Submitted 2 years 346 days ago.

Maya Angelou and Tavis Smiley in Conversation - Jean Purcell
From Harlem Maya Angelou speaks With Tavis in LA He questions And she answers About this life's too-brief day "I am like a grain of sand" She says Submitted 3 years 18 days ago.

The Enchantment - Gregory Lewis
W hen I was a young boy my mother took my brothers and I to a wilderness refuge in southern California called Neil Park. There were hills and a small rushing brook. There were jackrabbits and great horned owls that swooped upon us as we rode, shrieking, in the back of the maroon colored VW... Submitted 3 years 122 days ago.

New Literary Movements: An Interview with Andrew Gallix on 'The Offbeat Generation" - - Jennifer Cuddy
There is a self conscious 'movement' emerging in the blogosphere who call themselves 'The Offbeat Generation'. Heralded by founder and chief editor of 3:AM magazine, Andrew Gallix, describes the Offbeats as "nonconcomformers who ( atleast in their work) feel alienated from mainstream publishing... Submitted 3 years 262 days ago.

Here's the Laptop, Here's the Spellcheck, Now Write a Book - - Jennifer Cuddy
A promising new Literary movement is emerging across the pond in the small cafes and crowded flats of Europe. In the spirit of the 'Beat Poets' and writers of the fifties ( Jack Kerouac, William S Burroughs, Allan Ginsberg; et al.,) these gifted young artists who call themselves 'The Offbeat... Submitted 3 years 298 days ago.

Ain't I A Woman? - Blackwoman
I thought once how my ancestors sing the sweet songs, of love the souls that march upon the clouds, and the sound of the ancient drums, Humble the elders that carry the cross to carry the crown to place upon the warriors heads. The soldiers begins to beat the drums And the spirits rise upon the... Submitted 4 years 101 days ago.

Analysis of the David Ignatow Poem: I Killed A Fly - - Tex Norman
I Killed A Fly by David Ignatow I killed a fly and laid my weapon next to it as one lays the weapon of a dead hero beside his body-the fly that tried to mount the window to its top; that was born out of a swamp to die in a bold effort beyond itself, and I am the one who brought... Submitted 3 years 128 days ago.

Mel Harter Discusses His Newly Published Novel Some Kind of Angel. - ngoldman
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest, Melvin M. Harter who is a retired physician and author of Some Kind of Angel. Submitted 3 years 187 days ago.

Meet John H. Manhold, author of El Tigre: The Life and Times of El Tigre Viejo - ngoldman
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is honored to have as our guest John H. Manhold, author of El Tigre: The Life and Times of El Tigre Viejo. Submitted 3 years 187 days ago.

Mediation of Central Metaphors in Narrative Discourse - - Gholam-Hussein Mahmood Sultani
To set out from the logical starting-point would require a foregrounding of the employed definition of the narrative from among all the various and discrepant definitions suggested for it. As H. Porter Abbot points out, the number of the events or actions and the necessity of a narrator are... Submitted 3 years 250 days ago.

Jane Cook Author of Dancing Backward in Paradise Shares Her Thoughts - ngoldman
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is excited to have as our guest, Jane Cook author of Dancing Backward in Paradise. In addition to being an author, Jane has won numerous awards for her work as an actress and has worked in the professional theatre for over a decade.... Submitted 4 years 60 days ago.

The Interwoven World Of Literature And Human Society - Oluwaseun Ibukun
It is a general knowledge that literature mirrors the human society,since it is an imitation of real life activities. It represent or it is the representation of the human society. It is also defined by some scholars as a tool for cultural and social rehablitation. The impact of literature on our... Submitted 1 year 278 days ago.

Adam Lindsay Gordon: a Biography - Carolyn Tytler
Any parent who has had to deal with an wild, unruly son will understand the frustration experienced by Captain Adam Durnford Gordon and his wife, Harriet. The fact that they were first cousins may have had a bearing on the more challenging aspects of their son's personality. Adam Lindsay... Submitted 2 years 60 days ago.

The Mystery Behind Artifact Theft is Inspiration for New Novel: Anasazi Intrigue - - Linda Weaver Clarke
Stolen artifacts, a snoopy newspaper reporter, and mysterious events begin to unfold with Anasazi Intrigue. Ancient American artifacts are being sold to the highest bidder. When an ancient ruin is discovered, it doesn't take long for thieves to find out about it. Archaeological thievery is... Submitted 1 year 167 days ago.

The Literary Genius of William Faulkner - - Russell Shortt
Faulkner, Faulkner, Faulkner - the bane of droves and droves of undergraduates lives, desperately attempting to decipher his exquisite works, his novels being far from easily accessible, they are deeply layered and initially appear completely chaotic. All novelists rely on their imagination, they... Submitted 2 years 309 days ago.

Macbeth - Scotland's Most Dastardly King? - - Russell Shortt
Shakespeare drew loosely from historical accounts about King Macbeth of Scotland for his play Macbeth. Early in the play Macbeth, who is a general in King Duncan of Scotland's army is told by Three Witches that he will one day be king. Lady Macbeth hatches a plot to murder Duncan so her husband... Submitted 3 years 34 days ago.

The Life of Sean O'Casey - - Russell Shortt
Sean O'Casey was born in Dublin in 1880 at 85 Upper Dorset St in the northern inner-city area of Dublin. He grew up surrounded by the tenements that would form the backdrop of his ground-breaking plays. He joined the Gaelic League in 1906 and learned to speak Irish, he also became a member of the... Submitted 3 years 99 days ago.

Biography of Seamus Heaney - - Russell Shortt
Seamus Heaney was born in 1939 in County Derry and was the eldest of nine children. In 1957 he was accepted into Queen's University of Belfast to study English Language and Literature, he graduated in 1961 with a First Class Honours Degree. Heaney's poetry first came to public attention in the... Submitted 3 years 126 days ago.

The writing style of Samuel Beckett - - Russell Shortt
Beckett's writing can be roughly divided into three periods - his early works up until 1945; his middle period from 1945 until the early 1960s, during which he wrote his best known works and his late period from the early 1960s until his death in 1989 during which his style became more... Submitted 3 years 128 days ago.