What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a short, serene, and insightful collection of reflections by the renowned Japanese novelist, Haruki Murakami. It’s centered around his life as a devoted, steadfast runner, as well as a successful writer. What could be the similarities between these two contrasting playing fields of his life:…
(Published in the February 2021 Issue of The Sequitur, Westdale Secondary School, Hamilton, ON) In literature, men are most likely to “grin” and women to “scream”. Ray Bradbury claimed that “cinnamon” was one of his favorite words, yet he used “spearmint” more than any other author, eclipsing many other authors, actually, in his use of spices….
Reading this famous classic by Herman Melville, I soon realized that there was a reason why people found it so notoriously difficult. From lengthy Shakespeare-esque monologues to unending descriptions of Folio, Octavo, and Duodecimo whales, Moby Dick could at times be, simply put, annoying. The overall theme was, to be sure, steadily present throughout the entire…