In “Wonderworks” Fletcher explains the therapeutic effects of stream of consciousness, Virginia Woolf’s especially.
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Stream of Consciousness’ Healing Powers
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Better Living through Lit–the Book
In which I talk about my book, which a publisher has just accepted.
Joe Biden as King Hrothgar
Biden’s low poll numbers may be because, like King Hrothgar in “Beowulf,” he can’t prevent violence from breaking out in the great hall.
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Philip Pullman’s Unorthodox Afterlife
In “Amber Spyglass,” Pullman rebels against orthodox versions of the afterlife and creates his own.
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A Poem for Guy Fawkes Night
An 1870 poem celebrating the UK’s Guy Gawkes Day.
Homer, Virgil, Dante and the Afterlife
Literary afterlives, such as we encounter in Homer, Virgil, and Dante, are as much about this world as the next.
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November Is California’s Spring
In “Chaparral Spring,” Rebecca Adams contends, November is California’s spring.
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Halloween Horrors in the Aeneid
For Halloween, check out the monsters who greet Aeneas on his way to the underworld.
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On Falling Leaves and Letting Go
In falling leaves, Clifton finds a graceful faith in letting go. It is a continuing theme for her.
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