In today’s A Way With Words, Sara Barkat teaches (and amuses) us with the difference between the homophones faze and phase.
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A Way With Words: Canon and Cannon
In today’s A Way With Words, Sara Barkat amuses us with the difference between the homophones canon and cannon.
Poets & Writers Toolkit: 5 Invaluable Word Tools
Stuck on a word? There is hope for your writing project with the perfect dictionary to fit your precise need. Sara Barkat has 5 word tools for poets.
Make Your Own SAT Questions
SAT questions should test creativity and sense of humor. This one from Sara Barkat certainly does.
Poem Analysis: Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind”
An evocative, insightful analysis of Sexton’s “Her Kind, ” from student writer Sara Barkat. Hold on to your hat!
Little Red Riding Hood: A Graphic Novel
Sara Barkat retells the story of Little Red Riding Hood in the style of a graphic novel. Can you find a poem in the images?
Brookhaven—A New Civil War Historical Romance!
Brookhaven has arrived! It’s a historical romance set in the American Civil War period. A beautiful and intriguing story, by Glynn Young, it pulls you in and doesn’t let you go.
Prompt Celebration! The Colour out of Space
Celebrate the new graphic novel ‘The Colour out of Space’ by sharing your poems! Try out ekphrastic poetry if you like.
What Is Cosmic Horror
What Is Cosmic Horror? Cosmic Horror is a fictional genre also known as Lovecraftian Horror or Eldritch Horror. You will find it in the science fiction, horror, weird fiction and fantasy genres. Cosmic horror is inspired by the fear of what is vast, unknowable or beyond human comprehension. It involves the discovery of a truth […]
The Colour out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft Summary & Full Text
The Colour out of Space—Summary THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE SUMMARY BELOW CONTAINS SPOILERS! The narrator goes to a town in New England not far from Arkham to survey for a new reservoir. Along the way they pass through an eerie place where the vegetation has died out, now known as the blasted heath. Indeed […]
Honeybees, Death, Grief, and Life: “The Honey Field” by Laura Boggess
“The Honey Field” by Laura Boggess is a story of death and grief, healing and recovery, life and love — and honeybees, of course.
A Taste of Honey, Poetry & Love—An Interview with Laura Boggess
Author Laura Boggess tells us the secret of where her story of honey, poetry, and love came from. She also shares her thoughts on “Why love?”
How an Author Can Prevent Burnout
How can an author prevent burnout? This is an important question for the author who wants to stay the course and succeed.
New Gift Book! Drawing Dracula Daily
A new art book for lovers of gothic classics. Drawing Dracula Daily has almost 200 illustrations that chronicle the original tale!
Poets and Poems: Rick Maxson and “Under the Pearl Moon”
“Under the Pearl Moon” by Rick Maxson moves you from where and when you’re reading into your own personal memory palace.
“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson
“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson is a gothic thriller and an unsettling work for modern readers.
Under the Pearl Moon: Poems by Rick Maxson
Under the Pearl Moon: Poems by Rick Maxson contains, says poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, poems with jewel-like detail, telling a story of longing, leaving, return, and promise.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Illustrated Edition
It’s tempting to think that classic literature became classic simply because it was pretentious. But that’s just not true. There are so many solid pulp works of fiction that don’t bother will all the fancy stuff, and Jekyll and Hyde is unabashedly one of them.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Illustrated Edition
Mr. Utterson, a lawyer, prides himself on staying out of other people’s business. But how can he, when it concerns one of his best friends? Dr. Jekyll has been behaving oddly recently—updating his will, leaving everything to a mysterious young man named Mr. Hyde, and refusing to explain his reasoning to anyone. Can it be […]
Poet Laura: The Butterfly Effect—Year of the Monarch
Dheepa R. Maturi, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, invites us to participate in the Year of the Monarch, a project both practical and poetic, to help our butterfly friends.