A classic story of man versus nature. There are dozens of well-known examples of just such a trial, but this story stands out on its own as one of the simplest yet most evocative books in recent times. After reading it, it’s easy to see why it won the Pulitzer …
A soft christening of strings: the crinkled promises of Gods and Kings. Smells of pine a-mist frozen rivers. Dark blue nights wrapped up silent shivers. Times forgotten shine like stars above a crystal white blanket, spread far. Inside, the color red spills into wooden creaks casting tasty ribbons across pink …
Waves of heat hit me like syllables clipping in drama and sadness. We sit waiting for something to change the unwavering stench that is loss. We will never be as close as we want to be nor as far apart. click-click, hum-hum the metered sounds of fantasy we don’t know …
I started reading Ernest Hemingway intent on comparing his two most notable works: The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea. Too quickly, however, did I discover that they may as well have been written by different people. Their themes, tones, and characters are from different worlds …
The truant New Yorker Theo Decker is only 13 years old when a violent museum explosion kills his mother. Theo survives, but leaves the museum with more than he bargained for, including a dying man’s ring and last wish. Desperate for human connection, Theo returns the dead man’s ring to …
The air was hot, thick. Vaguely sweet, like cookies were being baked somewhere, everywhere. The faint taste of strawberries lingered on my tongue. It was all too heavy. “My wife has Crohn’s Disease. My buddy has a 65’ catamaran,” Man #1 said at the outdoor bar. “Score!” said Man #2, …
Pristine and white, the walls stretched endless ahead of Mark. His hard black boots hit the floor with a rude thud, echoing in the silent white. Self-conscious, eager to leave the facility, Mark hurried along the hall. Visits to the mental treatment facility were always depressing. His aunt’s violent rages …
In 2009, while studying abroad, my mother sent me an email. At the time, I was pretty good at making buttermilk pies and had a slight obsession with KC Masterpiece barbeque sauce. Read on. “Becky, So you’re eating at the cafeteria, that’s good. You can cook in the apartment …
Having already read the controversial and infamous Lolita, I was only too eager to crack open another Nabokov classic: Invitation to a Beheading. For those not familiar, Invitation is the haunting story of a death row inmate waiting for his execution. Despite geographic distances from contemporary authors like Franz Kafka …
Twisted below your body I feel exonerated Proffered up into the pain of completion Fill me with fantasies Oh Of contentment And the deceitful beauty of dawn Remind me why we’re horribly perfect for each other In your arcane drawl Tell me why we’re perfect Or at least why I’m …
