
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
To Men
Something tells you There’s an issue, something Tells you are not the man You are supposed to be. When FOMO makes your solitude Feel...
- Apr 30, 2021
- 6 min
Waiting
Today, every day is about waiting; waiting for the corona measures to ease, waiting for replies to poetry submissions, waiting for...
- Mar 20, 2021
- 4 min
LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR:COMMUNAL CONFLICT AND COHESION IN THE BRITISH TELEVISION CRIME DRAMA BROADCHURCH
Broadchurch is a British television crime series that was broadcast on ITV for three series between twenty thirteen and twenty seventeen....
- Mar 17, 2021
- 17 min
Why I Abandoned New Atheism
Ok, first things first: New Atheism was an ideological movement that flourished in the early noughties, the proponents of which believed...
- Mar 15, 2021
- 5 min
A Pet Theory of Poetic Translation
The following text was adapted from pieces of an academic essay I wrote on the translation of the Old-English text, 'The Battle of...
- Feb 25, 2021
- 4 min
My Final Corona Rant
We are on the verge of March. The vaccination process is crawling forward. It is slow, confused and seems almost improvised. Every day...
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
Useful Resources and Important Causes
This is a compilation of links that were gathered in a Twitter Thread for the purpose of expressing solidarity and partaking in a form of...
- Nov 7, 2020
- 2 min
US ELECTION: The Real Fight Begins Now
(Adapted From a Twitter Thread) Dear Americans, The US presidential election has been decided. Donald Trump has lost. Joe Biden will...
- Jul 9, 2020
- 7 min
Twitter and the Left: Factionalism, Activism, Poetics and the Dangers of Performative Militancy
(Adapted from a Twitter Thread) Twitter is a good platform to get to know new people, to learn new perspectives, to be more connected to...
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
Problematic Faves
All faves are problematic But some are more problematic than others. You can try to drive a wedge between art and artist But they’re...
- Jul 1, 2020
- 3 min
America 2020
After Ginsberg (who despite being a fucking creep wrote some good poetry) America why do you keep doing this to yourself? America can...
- Jul 1, 2020
- 11 min
All Sad People Like Poetry: Penny Dreadful & the Romantics
The television series Penny Dreadful ( which was produced in a cooperative effort by Showtime and Sky Atlantic between 2014-2016) is a...
- Jul 1, 2020
- 16 min
- Jul 1, 2020
- 5 min
Richard Aldington’s Le Maudit: Discussion and Analysis
At the beginning of the twentieth century 2 major historic events shook the very foundations of western society. These events are The...
- Jul 1, 2020
- 19 min
Translating the Ancients: A Comparison between Non-classical and Classical Translations
Introduction and Methodology In this essay I will examine the criteria used by reviewers to evaluate translations of classical poetical...
- Jul 1, 2020
- 12 min
Magic Realism in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
1. Introduction Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987) and Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) are two very distinct novels....
- Jun 30, 2020
- 2 min
Jeanette Winterson’s The Stone Gods: A Brief Discussion
Minor spoilers ahead for The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson is anything but a traditional...
- Jun 30, 2020
- 3 min
Art Spiegelman’s Maus & The Limitations of Bearing Witness
Minor spoilers ahead for Art Spiegalman’s Maus. In the past I have observed that it is generally difficult for people to come to terms...
- Jun 30, 2020
- 3 min
Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation: Otherness and Climate Change
Spoiler’s ahead for Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation. Annihilation is a work of unmitigated alienation. I agree with critics who consider...