Month: October 2018
Poelloons
Kit Schleifer Dear Poe, you wanted to write about one thousand years in the future and balloons were the best you could do. I’m incredibly disappointed. Also, the only balloon […]
A life in Writing
David Stephens Edgar Allan Poe was a person that had a hard life to say the least. He lost both of his parents and he became an orphan by the […]
Perceptions of Poe
Julia Joyce I am going to take a page out of Edgar Allen Poe’s book and tell you that you do not want to read this blog post. It is […]
Edgar Allan Poe’s Plot Twist To Top All Plot Twists
Lyssa Henry Edgar Allan Poe wrote a lot of short stories and poems that captivate people even now, over 100 years after he died. The one that has surprised me […]
Poe’s Melancholy Muse
Miranda Alexander “I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Death speaks to us. It may come as a soft and gentle whisper […]
The Book of Common Prayer: What is right and wrong?
“For Sleep O heavenly Father, you give your children sleep for the refreshing of soul and body: Grant me this gift, I pray; keep me in that perfect peace which […]
Uncle Rick’s Warehouse
Kit Schleifer Will Kaufman wrote that Uncle Tom’s Cabin “helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War.” In the limited time I gave myself to finish this blog, I spent […]
Slavery and Morality
Julia Joyce What does it mean to be good? How do we know what is right and wrong? Do we not steal because society, and law tell us this is […]
Writing & Reliability—Harriet Beecher Stowe & Joy Robbers
Rebecca Reese In class this week we began discussing Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the background of the novel and its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe’s story became a household name […]
The Power of the Pen
Miranda Alexander C.S. Lewis once said: “You can make anything by writing”. This is a sentiment that has compelled countless authors to carry on and complete their stories for ages. […]
Touching the Past—Adventures with Dr. Ken Myers
Dynestee Fields, Andy Cole “SWU students experience Greece,” proclaims the header of the brief article gracing Southern Wesleyan University’s website. Although the words do their subject justice, they are merely […]
Tolkien Scholar speaks on Turkish television about The Lord of the Rings
CIFC Staff Dr. Dimitra Fimi is Lecturer of Fantasy and Children’s Literature at the University of Glasgow where she specializes on the author J.R.R. Tolkien and other fantasy writers. Fimi […]