If we let it, there is a broader literary spectrum ready for us to become a part of. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Books
i built a boat with all the towels in your closet (and will let you drown): A Portal Into Leia Penina Wilson’s “Mad” World
i am seeking / the crucial region of the soul where response is pitted against intimately / implicated anteriors Continue reading
A Relaxing Night of Poetry With the Magee Park Poets
The Magee Park Poets Anthology Party was held in the Schulman Auditorium and featured poems published in the 26th edition of the Magee Park Poets Anthology. Continue reading
A Chernobyl Story For 2014
“Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian, is a story about loss, love and faith in the wake of a cataclysmic disaster.” Continue reading
Literary Tea Time with Susan Vreeland
What could be better than tea and books? In my opinion, nothing. For a sunny afternoon in September, I spent my time at the Westgate Hotel in downtown San Diego for the Ladies Literary Tea. The guest of honor was Susan Vreeland, a San Diego native. Continue reading
Outlandish: A Crossover into the Lives of Scottish Warriors
People disappear all the time. Ask any policeman. Better yet, ask a journalist. Disappearances are bread-and butter to journalists… Many of the lost will be found, eventually, dead or alive. Disappearances, after all, have explanations. Usually. Continue reading
An Evening With Award-Winning Poet Marilyn Chin!
September 24, 2014 marked the kickoff of fall’s Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series with preeminent Chinese American poet Marilyn Chin. Continue reading
Let’s Talk Literature! An Interview With Dr. Kathleen Komar, Professor of Comparative Literature
Literature provides us with a way to explore ideas and try out points of view that we might not want to enact in real life. We can explore crises of identity that allow us to understand ourselves better. Continue reading
Now I See You: Nicole C. Kear’s Brave Journey Into the Darkness
Resolving to keep her eventual blindness a secret from everyone but her family, Nicole endeavors to employ the age-old adage of carpe diem. However, after a near-death experience, attempting to step out a window onto a fire escape that isn’t actually there, she realized she was no longer in charge of her life, the disease was. Continue reading
Someone Else’s Wedding Vows: A Journey Into Bianca Stone’s Poetic Consciousness
And it’s true
I spent my whole life in fear of sharing my mind
but with a longing for it to be taken.
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