Month: November 2018
The Joys of Literary Traveling
There is no Frigate like a BookTo take us Lands away _ Emily Dickinson There comes a point in every bibliophile’s life when someone has the nerve to utter the words […]
How the Atmosphere of Earth is Perfect for Maintaining Life
Tyler Fuller The age of our Earth is estimated to be over 4.5 billion years old. The earliest forms of life present likely sprung up around 4 billion years ago […]
Walt Whitman Probably Wasn’t Gay: A Title Unrelated to the Blog
We’re like 48 months into this semester and I do not have the mental capacity to continue writing 600 words every week. I almost completely forgot how to spell continue. […]
Lukewarm Living
Julia Joyce Not only did Herman Melville write the exciting story of Moby Dick, he also wrote “Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall-street.” Now I have never read Moby […]
The Science and Ethics of “Bartleby the Scrivener”
Lyssa Henry After reading Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener,” I became stuck on one concept that is nearly irrelevant to the story itself but gave me both a scientific and […]
Preferences and Priorities
Rebecca Reese At the beginning of this week, Dr. Schleifer opened his discussion on Walt Whitman by saying, “I’m just going to put this out there. I do not like […]
Darth Vader as the Raven
Julia Joyce I have discovered that the voice a piece of writing is read in has a drastic effect on its mood and how it is received. If you have […]
A Book for the Ages
Dynestee Fields What images come to mind when you think of the word “timeless?” Is it sunrise climbing over a mountaintop? Is it Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa? Is it Meghan […]
What?! Poe Wasn’t Always Depressed?!
Rebecca Reese Edgar Allan Poe has long been remembered as a depressed man who wrote dark tales. Well, this is true, but there are many other things that are not […]
Hey You Kids, Get Off My Lawn: The Story of English
Marshall Tankersley Why is the English Language so elusive? While other languages like French have their edges clearly and well defined, English hops and skips along nonchalantly, grabbing new words […]
Joseph Pearce Speaks before a ‘Sellout’ Division of Humanities Convocation at Southern Wesleyan University
CIFC Staff Joseph Pearce speaking at a convocation for the Humanities Division. Joseph Pearce is a well-known English writer from London. He is currently the Senior contributor for The Imaginative […]
Why Age Matters—Frederick Douglass and Childhood Birthday Parties
Rebecca Reese “Age is nothing but a number.” “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” “Age is matter of feeling, not years.” […]