An advice often given to writers is to not attempt to write about a time period until it’s over, only leaving echoes in its wake. Only when a new era has begun is it safe to write about it—just like you can’t properly describe what it’s like to be fifteen until you’re sixteen. You couldn’t…
Like a series of party scenes that once bloomed bright in the 1920s east coast, The Great Gatsby is like a festivity in itself—one long-drawn summer of humid heat, boating, late-night parties, and forgotten love. Jay Gatsby emerges into being in the middle of his own beautiful mansion like a god, but much like F….
This post isn’t about zombies, but it starts with an essay on them. The essay (by Margaret Atwood) wound through many lands and touched on many waters: humanity in the 19th century, how people lose hope in the future, and a whole tour of literary monsters, in classic Atwood fashion: the vampire, the werewolf, the…