Angela Carter’s ‘The Bloody Chamber’ Is A Staple In English British Literature Courses (& A Pretty Awesome Book Of Short Stories Too)

I highly recommend this collection for those who enjoy reading about female agency and sexual liberation as well as those who are interested in writing on these topics and would like to find a creative model to follow. Continue reading →

StoryCorps: To Preserve & Share Humanity’s Stories #ShiftYourPerspective

The stories are of diverse world-views and perspectives, of events that we all can relate to because we are human and because we are storytellers by nature. Continue reading →

James Matlack Raney’s Lord Of The Wolves Is A Powerful Story Of Strength, Purpose, And Heroism

With every turn of the page, we begin to understand that there is more than one kind of strength to be valued — and James Matlack Raney does a marvelous job in delivering that message. Continue reading →

Classic Lit: Reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield was engaging and I got to the end of it feeling very pleased to have read it. Continue reading →

#FlashbackFriday (So What If It’s Not A Thing? Yet? ) | Amelia Bird’s “Acts of Wind” Essay From New Madrid Winter 2014

Birds essay explores loss by learning to appreciating life and life’s lessons. By uncovering reoccurring patterns within her daily life, and with the aid of nature, Bird rediscovers what it means to be a part of something larger than she could have ever imagined.
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A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness- The True Meaning of Grief

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