Category: Entertainment Blogs
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Bringing Horror to Life: The Origin of Frankenstein
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The story of Frankenstein started during a rainy summer night in 1816. After a year marked by an extremely long and bitter winter, Mary Shelley and her lover, Percy Bryce Shelley, sought to escape the weather by visiting Lord Bryon’s villa in Switzerland. The three friends wandered around the vast…
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Our Lingua Franca: The Importance of Learning a New Language as a Tool for Writing
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In an increasingly diverse and interconnected world, it is more important now than ever that we learn to develop a common tongue. There is no greater area for this than in literature. However, many writers tend to speak only in their own language when weaving their stories. I believe that…
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Back to School Prep: The College Survival Pack
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It’s near the end of summer and school time is drawing near. You probably had plans to learn a new skill or read a library’s worth of books (so did I), but alas! All your time was squandered on Netflix, a part-time job, and worst of all—maintaining family ties. And…
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5 Books Before the Fireworks
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Read these 5 books to learn about America’s history before you enjoy the fireworks.
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Literary Analysis and Discovery
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Many of us are familiar with literary analysis. Maybe some of us even loath writing literary analysis. I can sympathize with that feeling. After all, literary analysis seems to be an ephemeral exercise in asserting a personal opinion which most likely doesn’t align with the reason for an author writing…
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Our Favorite Summer Reading Spots
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My favorite summer reading place now only exists in my memory. I grew up in Miami, and we had a medium-sized cabin cruiser we dry docked in Key Largo, where storage facilities cost a lot less than in Miami. Most weekends, we’d drive down to Key Largo and take Robinson…
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Writing Ekphrasis Poetry
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Do you ever see a painting or photograph that speaks to you? An entire story that unfolds in your mind and begs you to write it? Odds are you haven’t heard of ekphrasis poetry—not the technical name, anyway. Most of us don’t even know what the word ekphrasis means, but…