Volume 14, Issue 11 – Pithead Chapel
COVER ART BY SUSAN POLLET FICTION CABBAGE SOUP WEEK BY NINA Y. MORAGON ONE OF GOD’S FAVORITES BY HAL WRIGHT CREEPS BY MELISSA BENTON BARKER THE NEED IN HER EYES BY RACHEL EPHRAIM &nbs…| Pithead Chapel
COVER ART BY SUSAN POLLET FICTION CABBAGE SOUP WEEK BY NINA Y. MORAGON ONE OF GOD’S FAVORITES BY HAL WRIGHT CREEPS BY MELISSA BENTON BARKER THE NEED IN HER EYES BY RACHEL EPHRAIM &nbs…| Pithead Chapel
Ware's comics employ complex, discontinuous structures that require the reader to explore.| CCCB LAB
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) What does the word ‘sinister’ have to do with being left-handed? And what was the meaning of the word ‘ambidextrous’ when it was first coined? And what…| Interesting Literature
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Stolen Bacillus’ is an 1894 short story by the British writer H. G. Wells (1866-1946). Between the mid-1890s and the mid-1900s, Wells wrote much of his best work, with a strong commitment to storytelling perfectly wedded to interesting ideas and theories. To summarise the plot of ‘The Stolen ... Read more| Interesting Literature
For our Fall 2025 issue, the writers discuss fashion month memories and Porter's new novel, Nova Scotia House. The post Charlie Porter and Hilton Als on Love, Sex, and Speculative Fiction appeared first on Interview Magazine.| Interview Magazine
Around eight years ago, I made my first “fake trailer”. Partly in response to Ben Wheatley’s (and Amy Jump’s) adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise, which I felt somewhat missed the ma…| Celluloid Wicker Man
A burlesque epic set in a world out of joint The post Fired appeared first on darren allen.| darren allen
A short film… The post Lawn appeared first on darren allen.| darren allen
Wandering into an antiquarian bookshop, the author discovers a 1623 dictionary facsimile and a poignant bookplate, prompting reflections on the value of the past and its wisdom, contrasted with the fleeting nature of digital reading.| Atkins Bookshelf
In 2025, The Great Gatsby marks its centenary, showcasing F. Scott Fitzgerald’s exploration of the American Dream. The novel’s enduring impact is partly due to Francis Cugat’s ico…| Atkins Bookshelf
in reference to a group of people: a self-centred attitude (corresponding to ‘egotism’ in an individual)—UK, 1819—from the Latin pronoun of the first person plural ‘nōs’ and the suffix ‘‑ism’ (after ‘egotism’)| word histories
an assertion of continuing competence, strength, etc., notwithstanding evidence to the contrary—from the title of a painting by the British artist Edwin Landseer, first exhibited in 1838| word histories
Great literature seeks to portray messy human life in light of the ideal, namely, bringing order to chaos and so illuminating that which is disturbing and heartbreaking through the long lens of God’s justice and love.| The Lutheran Witness
Towards the end of La Peau de Chagrin a reference is made that I believe is pertinent to this forum, and that I am not able to locate. The scene takes place in a club of sorts in which the protagonist is not welcome anymore. For this reason, one of the members tells him the following: Your face and person are not agreeable to the society of this place, and to me in particular. You are too polite not to sacrifice yourself for the general good, and I request you not to appear here again. To thi...| Recent Questions - History Stack Exchange
October is of course associated with all manner of ghosts, goblins and things that go bump in the night. We’ve… The post October’s Monthly Stories & Poems appeared first on The Reader.| The Reader
Though 'The Documents of Vatican II' remains Walter Abbott’s signature achievement in the eyes of many Catholics, the publication was just one moment in a lifetime of notable work on behalf of the church and the world in fields ranging from Scripture, ecumenism, racial justice and spirituality. The post An editor’s editor: Walter Abbott, S.J., and the documents of Vatican II appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Translated from Telugu by D.V. Subhashri| Reviews of latest books and articles on authors | Frontline
What is interesting about Butler is that she shows that pessimism does not only exist for its own sake. The pessimist tends to be someone who is not necessarily braver, but who, for some reason, cannot look away when others gladly do. Read more via Scalawag: The Marvelous Pessimism of Octavia Butler.| Scalawag
German author Daniela Krien who was born in the former G.D.R. published her first novel We Will Tell Each Other Everything (Wir werden uns alles erzählen) in 2011. Long before Kairos she told the story of a passionate love story between a very young woman and a much older man during the final months of … … Continue reading →| Beauty is a Sleeping Cat
A debate on water, movies & inspiration By Ari Gold. (October 21, 2025) Where does inspiration come from? My answer can sound like I read books: Francis Coppola’s “Live Cinema”, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “Psychomagic,” Werner Herzog’s “Conquest of the Useless.” But let’s be honest, my lifelong hunt for mentorship can feel like distraction. Today, inspiration comes from my […]|
60 years ago next week, “Nostra Aetate” was promulgated, marking a definitive change in the church’s approach toward the Jewish people and its own history. The post An ongoing reckoning with anti-Semitism: 60 years since ‘Nostra Aetate’ appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Preach host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., talks with Cameron Bellm on how Russian literary wisdom can make familiar Bible parables feel fresh. The post Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Shklovsky: Preaching lessons from Russian literature appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
The books of Frederick Copleston, S.J., continue to grace the bookshelves of philosophers, seminarians, college students and many others as an invaluable resource of clear-headed, insightful explication of the entire history of Western philosophy. The post The patron saint of undergraduate philosophers: Frederick Copleston appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions—alongside “Lose weight” and “Improve relationships”—is “Read more.” Most people feel a moral burden to get through as many books as possible in a year. It’s drilled into us from a very early age that reading is associated with success in life, and successful people reinforce this idea| Intellectual Takeout
Unless you have recently experienced the train service in the UK for yourself, you cannot imagine the chaos, disruption, misery and downright lack of crowd safety which has become normal over the last 10 years. At Vauxhall Station – a draughty, lonely place despite being peopled by many – I managed to find coffee and […]| Volatile Rune
As we gallop towards the end of the year crying it can’t be October (or November/ December… whichever applies) literary challenges abound. It’s nearly time for a new classics club…| Volatile Rune
The Philippines made international news last month when several tens of thousands of protestors took over the streets of Manila to express their outrage over the government’s embezzlement of over a trillion Philippine pesos (approximately $17.6 billion USD) designated for flood control projects. Losing this amount of climate-designated funds to corruption would be problematic anywhere … Continue reading "Manila Protests Over Environment Follow a Rich Tradition"| Legal Planet
Why do we even bother with this anymore? The New York Times breathlessly reports that the University of Virginia’s Caleb Nelson, a well-respected originalist scholar, has concluded that the “unitary executive theory,” long promoted by conservatives, is, well, bunk. “A bombshell!,” enthuses Will Baude of the University of Chicago, himself a well-respected originalist scholar – … Continue reading "Legal “Scholarship” and the Overproduction of Elites"| Legal Planet
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Autumn thoughts on inheritance, impermanence, and learning to harmonize.| magpiesmagazine.com
Q: Short Questions and Answers Volume 11 ANSWER: People continue to ask questions for which the answers I can provide are too short to justify [...]| Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog
I keep meaning to read through my Library of America edition of Willa Cather’s work, catching up on her novels and stories I’ve not yet read, because everything I have read has been marvelous — but somehow, I never get around to it. Therefore I’m very glad the latest “club week” hosted by Simon and … Continue reading #1925Club: The Professor’s House| Entering the Enchanted Castle
Yahia Lababidi's spellbinding exploration of the lives, philosophies & literary styles of Oscar Wilde & Friedrich Nietzsche.| The Culturium
URochester alumnus Declan Spring and Open Letter director Chad Post reflect on the vision and voice of László Krasznahorkai.| News Center
939 – 998 CE Toward the year 1000, the Scandinavians, under Leif Eriksson, reached the coast of America. No one bothered them, but one morning (as Erik the Red’s Saga tells it) many men disembarked from canoes made of leather and stared at them in a kind of stupor. “They were dark and very ill-looking, and the […]| Logarithmic History
In the eighteenth century, the readers of Europe went mad for epistolary novels. France had, to name the most sensational examples, Montesquieu’s Lettres persanes, Rousseau’s Julie, and Laclos’ Les Liaisons dangereuses; Germany, Goethe’s Die Leiden des jungen Werther and Hölderlin’s Hyperion. The English proved especially insatiable when it came to long-form stories composed entirely out of letters: […]| Open Culture
Photos from a visit to Jane Austen House and the area, and things I learned there.| Tim Covell
With her debut novel about one girl’s experience as a spelling bee champion, Myla Goldberg explores the unraveling of a family. Bee Season is the story of the Naumanns, a deeply fractured and emotionally stunted family in which no one... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
In many ways, Barbara Kingsolver’s first novel, The Bean Trees, might be considered a conventional coming-of-age story, wherein a young woman follows the lead of her literary forebear Huckleberry F…| Literary Theory and Criticism
Hillary Rosner is a science journalist and editor who teaches journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is also a friend and fellow member of Scilance, a network of 30+ science writers that has been meeting up online for 20 years. Over the years, I’ve loved following Hillary’s thoughtful, adventurous reporting on wildlife conservation, […]| The Last Word On Nothing
This blog is meant to track my creative process, though it mostly records what distracts me from it. Recently, returning to my Tudor Cairn campaign, I found myself thinking about how that game only swam into focus when I began to take inspiration from the landscape that surrounds me. The OSR loves its forests. Cairn […]| Taskerland
Canon Fodder is an occasional series in which I write about classic works of horror fiction. This particular part of the series is devoted to the complete published works of H.P. Lovecraft, which I…| Taskerland
When you’re interested in improving your writing, it’s a good idea to have some models to work from. I’ve presented some of my favorite models in this blog. These have included a number of examples of good writing by both academics (Max Weber, E.P. Thompson, Jim March, and Mary Metz) and nonacademics (Frederick Douglass, Elmore Leonard). … Continue reading On Writing: How the King James Bible and How It Shaped the English Language and Still Teaches Us How to Write| David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing
This post is an essay by David Brooks that appeared in the Atlantic in 2020. Here’s a link to the original. He takes advantage of the Covid hiatus in college commencements to give the kid of commencement advice that he could never deliver in front of the parents, faculty, and students assembled there. Things like: Use … Continue reading David Brooks — A Commencement Address Too Honest to Deliver in Person| David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing
Chernow’s biography denies us the gift that Mark Twain would so generously bestow on his fellow Americans. For her 250th birthday, America deserves better.| Public Discourse
“Wild geese,’ ... ‘They sound as if they know something about it—something about being alone.”| The Australian Legend
There is much to gain from reading the short stories of Raymond Carver, especially for today’s conservatives. When he published in the ’70s and ’80s, Carver was unsurpassed in his popularity. Today his settings, for instance, would be immediately recognizable to the average Trump supporter: fishing trips, small farms, barber shops, motel rooms, bingo halls,... Read more about: Short Sagas for Team MAGA The post Short Sagas for Team MAGA appeared first on The American Mind.| The American Mind
Mike Ladd's ekphrastic poem in response to Bowen’s courageous self-portrait.|
A collection of all the articles we've published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies' tidings as an issue.|
Five Literature Resources for Struggling Readers in High School. Ideas for teens who struggle with reading or don't enjoy reading. Read Article The post Five Literature Resources for Struggling Readers in High School appeared first on 7sistershomeschool.com.| 7sistershomeschool.com
COVER ART BY NATALIE NEE FICTION ANY MAN’S BETTER THAN NO MAN AT ALL BY BIZZY COY DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG BY KATIE BURGESS HI…| Pithead Chapel
Who was Humpty Dumpty? An egg in a riddle? A boy in a song? An egg-person in a children’s book? Or maybe all the above? The post Humpty Dumpty: An Egg, a Boy, or Both? appeared first on Margo Lestz - The Curious Rambler .| Margo Lestz – The Curious Rambler
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘A Deal in Ostriches’ is a short tale by H. G. Wells (1866-1946), originally published on 20 December 1894 in the Pall Mall Gazette before being republished in Wells’s first short-story collection, The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, a year later. ‘A Deal in Ostriches’ takes place on board ... Read more| Interesting Literature
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘While the Auto Waits’ is a short story by O. Henry (1862-1910), the American author known for his twist endings. The story focuses on an encounter between a man and a woman on a park bench, with the story’s major themes being social class and the gulf between appearance ... Read more| Interesting Literature
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Hammerpond Park Burglary’ is not one of the best-known short stories by H. G. Wells (1866-1946), but in my determination to read all of his short fiction I thought it worth recording my comments on this slight piece of fiction, even though it has no elements of fantasy ... Read more| Interesting Literature
Vanessa Kramer’s 'Great Desolation' follows Emma, a death angel haunted by guilt and past choices, as she embarks on a perilous quest to reclaim her childhood friend, Sam, from the depths of despair. This sequel blends dark fantasy and theology, exploring themes of loyalty, loss, and redemption amid complex character dynamics and imaginative world-building.| The Reading Palette
New exhibit The Clearing transforms a simple shipping container into an interactive art exhibition at the Agnes’ off-site gallery in the Rideau Building. The work was created by Kingston-based artists Marney McDiarmid and Clelia Scala, with contributions from poet Sadiqa de Meijer, sound designer Matt Rogalsky, and painter Lee Stewart. From Sept. 19 until Nov. 9, the immersive installation invites visitors to slow down and participate in cycles of release and regeneration.| The Queen's Journal
A set of prompts to help with writing your two-sentence journal.| De minimis non curat Lex
Halloween is a great time to read spooky poetry. Here are some old and new Halloween poems to read by candlelight!| Spooky Isles
An Unexpected Journey is a total success. Here's why.| Rambling Ever On
Wassily Kandinsky's Sounds (Klänge, 1912) is a rare and beguiling creation, poised between painting and poetry, image and word| The Culturium
Having talked about medical dramas, autism, and the hellscape depths of capitalism, we turn now to a simpler question: is there a piss kink in Paradise Rot? Paradise Rot is a 2009 short novel by Norweigan musician and novelist Jenny Hval. Translated into English in 2018, it follows a young Norweigan student starting university in […]| Death is a Whale
Harold Bloom writes of the anxiety of influence that has afflicted writers going back, in the Western tradition, to Homer. We could stretch the metaphor to include not just writers, or artists, but…| Tigerpapers
By age and disposition, I am only a reluctant convert to the cult of Honor Levy, author of one of 2024’s more anticipated and controversial debuts.| Compact
In this essay, Yehoshua November presents a model for preparing for the High Holidays The post Running and Returning: A Personal Reflection on Prayer, Contemporary Poetry, and Yom Kippur’s Neilah Service appeared first on The Lehrhaus.| The Lehrhaus
As November rolls around my mind immediately wanders to my long Thanksgiving grocery list. Every homeschool lesson feels like it revolves around pilgrims, Native Americans, turkey, and gratitude. Maybe you’ve created... The post November Learning Activities For Your Homeschool: art, history, geography and more! appeared first on You ARE an ARTiST!.| You ARE an ARTiST!
In this last-ditch diptych, your crusty 89-year-old literary grandaddy completely changes tack, holding forth on the biggest philosophical and scientific questions of our age.| Deep Dish
Clio Doyle, a lecturer in English at Queen Mary University who teaches students about Taylor Swift's music, writes about the power of lyrics.| Big Issue
Carolyn Chute’s The Beans of Egypt, Maine tells the story of a rural working-class community crumbling apart as big industry and corporate incursions leave its people having to survive by making money instead of supporting each other through farming, barter,... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
During a Penguin Online Auditorium conversation with college students in 1999, Dorothy Allison described her novel Bastard Out of Carolina as a “story about a working class family, people who are trying very hard to take loving care of each... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
Following the highly acclaimed short-story collection, Pangs of Love (1991), this debut novel by David Wong Louie represents an in-depth exploration of the theme of cultural assimilation. Critical opinion of The Barbarians Are Coming is generally very positive, praising Louie’s... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
When Robert Penn Warren published Band of Angels in 1955, the most frequent critical response was to compare the novel with Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 blockbuster Gone with the Wind. Such comparisons spoke volumes about the indelibility of Mitchell’s single novelistic... Read More ›| Literary Theory and Criticism
Carson McCullers’s short novel, The Ballad of the Sad Café, brings the uncanny to the fore. Three bizarre main characters populate the dreary southern landscape to advance McCullers’s recurrent the…| Literary Theory and Criticism
Lady Susan by Jane Austen (1794),(in Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon).Oxford World’s Classics, 2008 (1871). Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the…| Calmgrove
Written by Elissa Hunter-Dorans. This article reflects on how maternal and grandmaternal figures embody the preservation of Taiwanese and Gaelic. Through Tâigael, the author explores oral tradition…| Taiwan Insight
The English poet and Bengali scholar’s translations of Tagore and Michael Madhusudan Dutt brought Bengali renaissance to international audiences.| | Frontline
In a culture that has forgotten the sacred, to see with the eyes of moral imagination is a quiet revolution. And it is one my generation desperately needs.| Public Discourse
I have been strongly drawn to pick up several recent books of history and historiography that tackle anachronisms and reifications, because such clarifying works can keep us from making facile conclusions about the past—and about its effect on the present.| Public Discourse
Lewis is needed, now more than ever, to help men and women of faith move “further up and further in.” Jews will be much better off for the journey with him.| Public Discourse
Act. Affect. Change.| Guerrilla Foundation
by 1889 the estimated population [of bison] was just 1,091 animals (both wild and captive)| The Australian Legend
.. those who marry from love, may grow rich; but those who marry to be rich, will never love.| The Australian Legend
You think you’e so fine with your bragging and science and human understanding – oh, I’ve heard all about it till I could scream myself insane with the words| The Australian Legend
Canon Fodder is an occasional series in which I write about classic works of horror fiction. This particular part of the series is devoted to the complete published works of Thomas L…| Taskerland
Is the Charlotte Mason Home Education Method Right for Your Family? Are you searching for an educational approach that prioritizes ... Read more The post Charlotte Mason Home Education Method appeared first on Arise Home Education.| Arise Home Education
A fragment of poetry … the street be full of starsand the prisoners eat dovesand...| Seven Good Things
I met a traveller from an antique land,| Seven Good Things
Emma Hawthorne, a 21-year-old battling Crohn’s disease and the weight of a life she never got to live. Her days are marked by dreams of independence, college, and fre| The Reading Palette
A literary reflection by Joel Kurz on Willa Cather's My Ántonia. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. “The body characterizes everything it touches. What it makes it traces over with the marks of its pulses and breathings, its excitements, hesitations, flaws, and mistakes. On its good work, it leaves the marks of skill, care, and love persisting through hesitations, flaws, and mistakes. And to those of us who ...| The Lutheran Witness
I really feel this advertisement has “said the quiet part out loud.” “One day you won’t have to assemble the entire creative team for every little request. Are they all wearing hats?” Image and text copyright Adobe 2025 (reproduced here for comment and review). Yup, not only are your human […]| Win Vector LLC
Panagiotis Thomas writes[1] in a time marked by violence, racism, fanaticism, and intolerance, choosing to stand beside “the weak, the powerless, the marginalized of our world.” His work raises the fundamental question of existential affirmation in the face of the Other—the alien, the ugly, the suffering. Thomas seeks the ontological foundation for sensitivity and the... The post An Impossible Resurrection appeared first on Public Orthodoxy.| Public Orthodoxy
Wednesday, the 10th of September 2025, and time for Shelf Control once again! Shelf Control is a weekly feature created by Lisa at Bookshelf Fantasies and celebrates the books waiting to be read on…| Literary Potpourri
Some legends refuse to rest. Vampires—those blood-hungry immortals—have roamed from the crypts of Carpathia to your late-night scrolling. They act as culture’s reflecting pool, showing us what we fear, desire, and deny. Why do vampires bite the same necks, across centuries? Because they’re always ready to mirror our darkest yearnings back at us. 1. From...| Illuminati Press
We used to tremble when angels arrived. Their wings were blazing halos, their words shook the heavens, and mortals stammered, “Be not afraid.” But somewhere along the line—through pop culture and viral memes—angels turned gentle: whispering reassurance via license plates or ticking digital clocks. Meanwhile, fallen angels became synonymous with demons; the metaphors got murkier,...| Illuminati Press
Q: Was J.R.R. Tolkien British, English, or A South African? ANSWER: No one submitted this question to me (recently). It’s been asked a billion times [...]| Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog
Q: What Is The Oldest Reused Phrase In ‘The Lord Of The Rings’? ANSWER: This is one of the most challenging requests I’ve ever received. And I have no efficient way of confirming …| Middle-earth & J.R.R. Tolkien Blog
When I was a child in school, I was never assigned the task of writing to an author — thank goodness, as such mandated correspondence is the dullest and most pointless kind. However, I did once write to the favorite author of my adolescence, Robin McKinley, and she not only answered with a real letter, … Continue reading Do you ever write to writers?| Entering the Enchanted Castle
This four-part series celebrates the 100th anniversary of the very first publication of volume one of Mein Kampf, written by the man who began our titanic struggle against the enemies of Life.Great changes are coming to this Earth and to Life itself; his prophetic words can guide us toward the light.…| National Vanguard
This four-part series celebrates the 100th anniversary of the very first publication of volume one of Mein Kampf, written by the man rightly called the Hero of the Second World War.Here he offers you an opportunity to align your thoughts with new beginnings; with greatness; with understanding. by…| National Vanguard
