Alex WichertTo the Stars or To the Woods: Writing on Environmental CrisisThere is a certain balancing act to writing in and about the environmental crisis, one which — depending on your response — largely…May 23, 2020May 23, 2020
Alex WichertinCuriosity Never Killed the WriterWaiting: A PoemI watched the birds today Their black brown mottled chirrups singing calling in abandon Over hills or lots that plane down to grottos…May 14, 20201May 14, 20201
Alex WichertinCuriosity Never Killed the WriterWolves: A Short StoryShe has knowing green eyes with a swirl of blue and she speaks about wolves. She did, at least. She chewed on the inside of her mouth when…May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
Alex WichertFrom King of the Deep to Shade of the Screen: Or, how the Shark Became a Typecast Villain — and…The following is a piece written in 2016. While some statistics or facts may now be slightly out-of-date, the general message of the piece…May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
Alex WichertHobbits, Karate, and a Man named Negan: Looking at Tropes in Narrative FictionI have a consistent, scathing aversion to clichés yet — and I know this is perplexing — a fondness for tropes. I find the latter…May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
Alex WichertFinding Comfort in a Dickensian World: How Charles Dickens offers Warmth and Security in times of…Amid our current double vision of unity and isolation — a strange oscillation between community connectivity and solidarity, on the one…May 3, 2020May 3, 2020
Alex WichertI Step, now, Upon new Shores: My IntroductionI wondered, at no insignificant length, how to best begin this introductory post. With what would I greet readers or algorithm-reliant…May 2, 2020May 2, 2020