Bryant Abroad
Kit Schleifer Among the readings for William Cullen Bryant we find Letter X. In it, he goes into much detail about his travels from Richmond to Charleston. The more I […]
R.I.P. to the Hero of Husbands
Rebecca Reese “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving is a classic example of what all men dream of. You enjoy shrugging off responsibilities in order to hang out with your […]
Rip Van Winkle’s Life Choices: Terrible or Genius?
Lyssa Henry Washington Irving’s short story “Rip Van Winkle” is about a man who is not entirely satisfied with his life and decides to go hunting to avoid his wife, […]
Sleeping Through Life
Julia Joyce Washington Irving wrote a short story called “Rip Van Winkle” about a man who gets lost in the woods. Before getting into the story I need to take […]
Under the Spell of Sleepy Hollow
Miranda Alexander Whether or not we like to admit it, we all take pleasure in sitting under the stars while soaking in the warm breath of a campfire and listening […]
The Original Freedom’s Hill
Kierra Gilbert, Tyler Fuller, and Quinton Bent This is a story about slavery and war, about cowardice and courage, about the nineteenth century and the twenty-first century. This is our […]
The life Journey of Phillis Wheateley
David Stephens Phillis Wheatley, like so many African Americans of her time, was taken from her home and family and sold into a life of slavery. While that is never […]
Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World—Wheatley and Equality
Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa but sold into the North American slave-trade around the age of seven or eight. Her first name comes from the ship that she […]
The Crisis of Independently Writing a Blog Post
KIT SCHLEIFER THESE are the times that try men’s souls: the blog posts and blog replies, in this semester, become ever more incoherent, but they that read this […]
Phillis Wheatley Makes Poetry Readable for Everyone!
Lyssa Henry I have never been the kind of person that liked poetry. I have nothing against those who write poetry, but I never really enjoyed it. I could not […]
The Mercy of Slavery?
Julia Joyce Poetry is ambiguous. That is the appeal of it usually. The answer is not just handed to the reader. The reader has to care enough to work for […]
Harmonious Hymns
When was the last time you honestly spared a few minutes to stop and admire nature? In the modern world we live in today, our cram packed schedules rule our […]