On a Journey with Greensey – A Review of Tamara Drobac’s First Novel
When an evening broadcast of the civil war in Croatia interrupts what should be a quiet evening for Ellie, a seven-year old girl living in the UK, she decides to…
Sontag, Baldwin, hooks: On Reading As a Gateway to Empathy and Love
Susan Sontag had a writing mind like no other that I've encountered. She was a force, a magnetic personality born with an insatiable urge for knowledge, and she dedicated her…
Remembering Toni Morrison and James Baldwin: The Grandeur of The Bluest Eye and The Fire Next Time
Toni Morrison and James Baldwin have provided us with some of the most important works when it comes to African-American literature. When Morrison passed away in August 2019, a myriad…
I Dare You To Breathe: Maggie O’Farrell’s Memoir “I Am, I Am, I Am”
From our earliest days, most of us fear death and learn to regard it as an unwelcomed guest, an entity to be avoided at all costs. And yet, there are…
Alan Lightman’s Belgrade Lecture: The Intricate Artistry of Scientific Exploration
Rainer Maria Rilke once said that in art we should love the questions themselves. As an individual raised on questioning the world and people surrounding me as well as someone…
Poetry Monday – Awakening in the midst of Autumn
*** I learnt emotion in dead air on the other side of the sandpit holidays aren’t sensations is the scent of vacation a breath of fresh air? a…
One Day by David Nicholls: A Charming Plunge into Romantic Realism
David Nicholls was a name that didn't ring many bells in the literary world prior to the publication of One Day in 2009. Born in Hampshire, England, Nicholls discovered a…