Love. It’s graceful, pure, and unconditional…right? Swans. Swans are beautiful…right? I immediately equate swans with listening to “Swan Lake” by Tchaikovsky as a child. I was always transfixed when it started playing on my family’s radio in the kitchen, which … Continue reading The Swan as a Metaphor for Love

Personal, Cultural, and Critical Essay #2 in response to a selected piece of fiction/CNF (prose) from our course schedule How do we dissect prose, a genre seemingly defined as “not poetry”? A.  We don’t. B.  We try, but ultimately fail, … Continue reading Assignment Guidelines