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Poetry, fiction, rhetoric, literary criticism, and creative writing.

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2025Great Books of the Western WorldRough0
2025Japanese LiteratureRough0
2025Letter to the LicentiousRough0
2025I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle)0
2025The Waste Land, a Close ReadingRough0
2025Ulalume, a Close ReadingRough0
Toward a Theory of Literary CritiqueGrowing0
Great Books of the Western WorldRough2025.08.25

My decade-long journey through the great books of western civilization.

literature

Japanese LiteratureRough2025.07.15

Forms, aesthetics, and philosophies of Japanese verse and prose across centuries.

literature

Letter to the LicentiousRough2025.07.13

a moral letter to those who indulge in excessive, and unprincipled lust

literature · ethics, letter, sexuality

I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle)2025.07.11

A villanelle exploring the relationship between time and perception.

literature · original, poetry, villanelle

The Waste Land, a Close ReadingRough2025.04.26

A close reading of T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land', analysis of its structure, themes, and references.

literature · close-reading, eliot, poetry

Ulalume, a Close ReadingRough2025.04.26

A close reading of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Ulalume', exploring its themes, structure, and emotional depth.

literature · close-reading, poe, poetry

Toward a Theory of Literary CritiqueGrowing

literature

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