Pretzels and Bullfights: They Who Tread the Path of Labor

September 3, 2012

This week’s edition of Pretzels and Bullfights is a bit of a special. For those of you abroad, what you …

Poetics: The Art Of Rebellion

September 1, 2012

Rebellion….to be ‘rebellious’….sounds good doesn’t it? The very thought of the word makes that adrenaline swell in our stomachs, makes …

August 27, 2012

So how many of you know today that name of Thomas Flatman? A writer whose memory has, perhaps, degraded in …

August 13, 2012

Mary Anne Evans, or rather, George Eliot as she is more likely to be known, was a writer’s writer of …

August 6, 2012

Today’s featured poet is a figure out of modern day Iran: the legendary Hafez. Born of the 14th century, this …