Elections, a Beam of Light, and Woolf
Politics cannot be trusted, I know, but this week and until it lasts I only want to bask in the light of hope and in the possibility of change. Continue reading Elections, a Beam of Light, and Woolf
Tag: literature
“For the Love of the Books” & of Resistance
The world needs individuals who are unafraid to question, challenge, and think independently—a seemingly silent yet potent form of activism. Continue reading “For the Love of the Books” & of Resistance
Rilke, Joy, and a Spring Morning That Feels Like Fall
This is my third attempt to sit down and write an academic post on J.M. Coetzee’s 1999 novel Disgrace, and it gives me joy that I am not writing it. Continue reading Rilke, Joy, and a Spring Morning That Feels Like Fall
“Ravens, Cream, solitude, sublimity”: Virginia Woolf on Literature & Inner Peace
How many of us, “congenial spirits” are left out there, as Woolf writes in The Voyage Out (1915), “feel[ing] intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.” Continue reading “Ravens, Cream, solitude, sublimity”: Virginia Woolf on Literature & Inner Peace
In Search of Silence & a Life Worth Living: Etel Adnan’s Shifting the Silence
‘Shifting the Silence’ is raw and elusive, like the very reflection you’re reading here, but it will urge you to confront the incomprehensible. Continue reading In Search of Silence & a Life Worth Living: Etel Adnan’s Shifting the Silence
A Man without a Country: In Quest of a Homeland by Yousof Mamoor
The value of In Quest of a Homeland for me lies in its honesty and contribution to, in historian Juliet Gardiner’s terms (1988), history as an ongoing dialogue between the present and the past. Continue reading A Man without a Country: In Quest of a Homeland by Yousof Mamoor
“Your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter”: on BLM
As Angie Thomas asks, “What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?” Continue reading “Your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter”: on BLM
The Real and the Imaginary: The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi
As a war narrative enveloped in magic, love, and hope, The Baghdad Clock adds depth to the burgeoning genre of postcolonial Iraqi novels. Continue reading The Real and the Imaginary: The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi
READING & WRITING TO MAKE MEANING OF THE WORLD AND BEYOND 
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