Animated Gifs: A Throwback to Cinema’s Beginnings
Animated gifs function like early cinema in several ways.
The Snow That Never Drifts: Emily Dickinson’s Slant Winter
Like many of her poems, Emily Dickinson's "The Snow That Never Drifts" presents a riddle for the reader
Before There Was ’50 Shades’…There Was Elinor Glyn’s ‘It’
A writer named Elinor Glyn wrote a novel entitled "It and other stories in 1927"
And the Academy Award Goes to…
The American motion picture industry honors itself every year with the Academy Awards, now known officially as "The Oscars."
Two Conversations with Philip Levine
Two conversations with Philip Levine: from Ploughshares (1984) and The Kenyon Review (1999)
Why Boris Pasternak Rejected His Nobel Prize
The noted Russian author was forced to choose between his homeland and international recognition of his poetry and fiction.
What’s in a Brand Name: the Sounds of Persuasion
The mere letters and sounds used in a brand name can have a curious impact on its reception by the public.
Sylvia Plath’s “Ariel,” 50 Years Later
Published in 1965, Ariel was published after Sylvia Plath herself had already been dead for two years.
What Price Fast Fashion?
Fast fashion is a phenomenon that transcends the runway, crosses borders, and cuts across barriers of class, culture, and emerging economies
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“Birth of a Nation”: 100 Years Later
The Birth of a Nation—1915's blockbuster hit and the most popular movie of its day—was released 100 years ago this month.