“No vision is real until it’s enacted upon the earth for the people to see.” —Black Elk I love writers and poets and artists and musicians and all those crazy dreamers who have the guts to enact a vision and put it out in the world for the people to see. But the world is rarely […]
If You Want to Publish You Must Read This (Warning: contains Hitler, F-bombs, and warm fuzzy feelings)
October 26, 2014 by · 3 Comments
English Majors Discuss Pop Songs: “Your Love” by The Outfield
September 15, 2014 by · 54 Comments
Putting our English Degrees to work by tackling life’s persistent mysteries… The Song: “Your Love” by The Outfield The Lyric: “I just want to use your love tonight. I don’t want to lose your love tonight.” The Problem: Those pesky pronouns. Whose love does the speaker want to “use”? Whose love does s/he fear losing? Possible Interpretations: A) We’ll […]
Why You Might Be Asking the Wrong Question About Suicide
September 3, 2014 by · 11 Comments
The question gets asked over and over again in the wake of a suicide. It goes something like this, “How could he decide to kill himself?” I heard people ask this dozens of times in various forms when Robin Williams died. And when Ned Vizzini, author of It’s Kindof a Funny Story (and other fabulous […]
