A Game of Throne: Season Two, Episode One (“The North Remembers”)
Unlike last year, I have been eagerly anticipating the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Now that it’s here, I have some of those same mixed feelings that made season one slightly uneven. Yet, it doesn’t seem to matter much anymore. I will watch this show until the end, even if the characters turn […]
#NaPoWriMo Entry #2: “No Small Place”
Another entry? Yup. I’m taking this National Poetry Writing Month thing seriously. This week’s poem was inspired by a book by Jamaica Kincaid called A Small Place. I recommend it to everyone; it’s a biting critique of tourism in the Caribbean which draws upon, in my mind, the discourses of tourism (pamphlets, brochures, etc.). Here’s […]
Weekly Roundup #6: The Skiffy and Fanty Show / Duke and Zink Do America
I’m playing catch-up again. Way too much stuff has happened since the last time I posted a roundup. Articles. Episodes. More articles. More episodes. Phew. So here’s a roundup of all that stuff. First: I’m too far behind on updating you all on stuff going on at The Skiffy and Fanty Show. I can only […]
NaPoWriMo Entry #1: “The Tree of Knowledge”
Before I get to the poem, I thought you all should see what inspired me to write what follows. The following images are of the same tree, though not the tree that originally inspired me, as I did not have my camera with me while I was on campus. In any case, I hope the […]