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# literature

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

February 5, 2026 - February 5, 2026

2025 Letter to the Licentious Rough 0

2025 I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle) 0

2025 The Waste Land, a Close Reading Rough 0

2025 Ulalume, a Close Reading Rough 0

Toward a Theory of Literary Critique Growing 0

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Rough

Letter to the Licentious

Literature · essays 2025

![I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle)](https://cdn.krisyotam.com/assets/covers/blog/john-william-waterhouse--the-crystal-ball-1902.jpeg)

[I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle)](/i-learned-to-lie-by-listening-to-clocks-villanelle)

Literature · essays 2025

![The Waste Land, a Close Reading](https://cdn.krisyotam.com/assets/covers/blog/the-waste-land.jpg)

Rough

The Waste Land, a Close Reading

Literature · essays 2025

![Ulalume, a Close Reading](https://cdn.krisyotam.com/assets/covers/blog/ulalume.jpg)

Rough

Ulalume, a Close Reading

Literature · essays 2025

Toward a Theory of Literary Critique

Growing

Toward a Theory of Literary Critique

Literature · essays NaN

Letter to the Licentious Rough 2025.07.13

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 Reading Rough 2025.04.26

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 Reading Rough 2025.04.26

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 Critique Growing

literature

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