Literature

Reading Relatability
Reading Relatability
'The Age of Reading is Over' proclaims a recent headline in The Atlantic. Fewer people are reading books. On social media, English teachers have shared that their students do not... Read more...
The Shame of an Easy Book
As a child, I was obsessed with reading, to the point that I would read pretty much anything I could get my hands on. Reading was a thrill that I never wanted to stop, and it was purely for myself. But at some point between then and now, something shifted; telling me that I should be selective with the books I read, that I should read books that have an element of difficulty to them. A book only felt like it had value if I had to work for it.... Read more...
The Library Hold
The Library Hold
“In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.” Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night   Rick Riordan's Sea of Monsters is the book that made me fall down... Read more...
Audibly Silenced
Audibly Silenced
AI Narration vs. the Human Voice   Read more...
The Literary Life of Birds
The Literary Life of Birds
Maya Angelou’s Caged Bird, Percy Shelley’s Ode to the Skylark, and Farid ud-Din Attar’s The Conference of the Birds — what do these seminal poems fundamentally have in common? Throughout... Read more...
What Can We See in the Dark?
What Can We See in the Dark?
Something big has already happened.  Only, it didn’t cry murder, nor did it cry at death’s guttural sounds. I’m stuck on the name; yet Stephen King has such a funny... Read more...
Size Matters
Size Matters
I don’t have any tattoos on my body, but I always thought that if I did, I would get something related to Dostoyevsky. After another Zimmer writer published his piece... Read more...
Who Are We Without a Little Bit of Gossip?
Who Are We Without a Little Bit of Gossip?
Slutty Cheff is an anonymous chef-turned-author who most recently wrote a novel called Tart (2026). Set against the high-octane backdrop of a few modern professional kitchens in London, the novel... Read more...
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
“As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker. Is that what they mean by memories?”¹ What good is knowledge? What good is knowledge if I... Read more...
Miriam Roth and the Wisdom of Balloons
Miriam Roth and the Wisdom of Balloons
When a balloon pops, a child's world briefly comes to a halt. In the space of a heartbeat comes surprise, confusion, grief, curiosity, and, eventually, acceptance. One moment, it is... Read more...
Literature Will Always Find A Way
Literature Will Always Find A Way
Literature has always needed somewhere to happen.  Clusters of burnt red brick, stone, wood, and tiles spread across 23 hectares of land to create the Nalanda Mahāvihāra. Between the 5th... Read more...
The Double-Edged Power of the Literary Hand
The Double-Edged Power of the Literary Hand
The ‘hand touch’ is the holy grail of romantic tension. Countless videos, edits, essays and replays have dissected  Matthew Macfadyen's iconic hand flex as Mr. Darcy in the 2005 film... Read more...