When I was in the 4th Grade, I walked into my classroom every day and saw the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at the front. She was a constant presence in that classroom, and so was her gaze, no matter where I was. When my grandmother took the Oath of Citizenship, she swore her allegiance […]
Archives for February 2023
Coming of Age
Oh, if only we had knownhow soon the oceans would turn to foam,dried seabed wisping into dust;we become it, it becomes us. A friendship like ours appeared so realbut its imprints could never harden to steelaround the words we once had sworn.My hair once let long, now freshly shornwith an old ax of yours, brandished […]
Racial Stereotyping in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien
Imagination: the preeminent emblem of our humanity. Through it, we obtain the capacity to revise – or might I say, reimagine – the world around us; to create, alter, and improve that which is tangible and arcane. From J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis to George R. R. Martin and J. K. Rowling, authors of the fantasy […]