This Novel Destroyed the American Dream

Rereading Philip Roth’s “American Pastoral”

The Many Ways to Be a Rebel

Divergent forms of rebellion in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1

Upgrades

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“Maintenance.”

The Inheritor

Notes On “Soul Of Lincoln Heights”

Symphony of the sea

I stared into the sky. It was pitch dark. The clouds had covered everything — the stars and the moon. And rendered the sky…

To Once Upon a Time

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
I do not need your help at all…

Callia and Xandros — Part 1

Callia was a girl who deserved more.

Maybe it’s Nothing

I felt her unsaid words,
but the whispered weight
is all I heard

My Tryst With A Tree

Passing through the wilderness
I was stopped today
By a tree that beckoned me over

Joining Up

Pierre arrived home after delivering the envelope, bursting with elation. He didn’t remember the last time he felt like this. He whistled a…