Everything’s been a blur lately as the semester has been winding down and I have had to dedicate all of my time to studying and writing up final essays for my rhetoric classes. During all this, last weekend specifically, the Bears Ears issue came alive in SLC. There was protesting, marches, and a grim succession…
Category: Books
In this archive expect to find all my blog posts about my love for books and reading: books I love, books I recommend, books I’m reading and want to read.
Response to Jane Eyre and Discussion on Creating Complex Characters
I recently finished reading for nth time Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (first published 1847) I find myself usually rereading this novel every winter out of habit. I love this novel for so many different reasons but the main one being that Jane is smart, witty and stands up for herself which should not be taken…
Reflection/Response: Wuthering Heights and Pride and Prejudice
I have most recently finished Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. These two novels are classics of the western European literary tradition and question social status, class, and gender-related issues of 19th century England. I enjoyed both for different reasons and at the same time had my own complications with the two….
Review: “Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry” by Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky is a Poet and Writer that provides insight into the mechanisms of poetry in our modern day. “Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry” is one of Pinsky’s books on poetry that provides readers and fellow poets information and a space of reflection when it comes to Poetry in America. I found…
Coming Soon: My Personal Response on ‘Surviving 2017 in the Trump Era’ and ‘Combating the quote-unquote brainwashed College Student Theory’
I have been thinking about two topics recently in light of personal experiences and conversations I have had with numerous people such as family, friends, and fellow students. These two topics I plan on writing MY OWN PERSONAL RESPONSES to: “Surviving 2017 in the Trump Era”….did anyone really survive? and how do I feel now…