Over the past two months, I’ve been participating in a groupread of Neil Gaiman’s “Fragile Things,” as a part of the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge, hosted by Carl from Stainless Steel Droppings. For those of you who haven’t been following along, this is a spoiler-free review of the book. This book was the first timeRead more
The image to the left is by sive, and I thought it fit the poem incredibly well. “Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death’s other Kingdom Remember us—if at all—not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men.“ In describing T. S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men,” it’sRead more
Aleksandr Pushkin was one of the greatest Russian poets of all time, and was responsible for modernizing the Russian language. He also has kind of an interesting backstory, considering that his great-grandfather was from Africa and was given as a gift to the tsar, who took a liking to him and made him a general. Read more
Rather than reviewing a book today, I’m going to take a look at the old Scottish ballad Tam Lin. This ballad has served as the inspiration for a great many novels, including The Perilous Gard, Winter Rose, and Tithe. I first became interested in Tam Lin after reading The Perilous Gard as a teenager. AsRead more