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05/09/2022

Theft from the Author

Literary pilfering through the ages, from Shakespeare to Cormac McCarthy

by Vincent Czyz

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11/23/2020

In Search of Lost Summers

Sacred Quest or Fool’s Errand

by John Capista

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11/05/2020

Highlight

On the nature of cultural inheritance and exchange

by Greg Gerke

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03/23/2020

The Sonnetization of Emily R

Memorizing Shakespeare’s sonnets

by Emily Rubin

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03/21/2019

Like a Defense of Simile

What we can learn from similes and metaphors

by Michael T. Young

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07/19/2018

Something Is Rotten in the United States of America

Mass shootings as tragedy

by Jeffrey R. Wilson

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01/15/2018

Let Me Ruin This for You

The schadenfreude of criticism

by Stephen Akey

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03/24/2016

The Complete Works

The value in selective reading

by Stephen Akey

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03/23/2016

The Shortest Distance Between Two Points is a Metaphor

One size doesn't fit all

by Kelly Cherry

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09/23/2015

Happy Happy Birthday, Fat Hamlet, and Humanity Lost

by Maren Larsen

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