Matt writes fanfic I think

For this final project, I’d originally intended to write a poem from Jane Eyre’s perspective in the style of Carrion Comfort by Gerard Hopkins. I then switched gears to writing the poem from the POV of Jane Eyre to that of Antoinette, until I finally scrapped the Hopkins part and just wrote a poem about… Read more Matt writes fanfic I think

On Being Alienated by a Lunatic for Simply Looking Like an Affront to God

For this first project of ours, I picked two texts that we read this semester: Frankenstein and On Being Cautioned Against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic. I then smashed them together, attempting to blend stylistic elements and themes from them both in the same form factor… Read more On Being Alienated by a Lunatic for Simply Looking Like an Affront to God

“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”

That’s right. Right out of the gate, Marx. That’s the energy we’re bringing this semester. Anyway, for those not in the loop, this is a common communist saying, popularized by Karl Marx back in the day. It’s referring to the means of production, but I find that it’s a generally decent way to approach a… Read more “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”

Similizing the Brain to a Garden, but one in like Washington State or something – Matt Travers

The brain sometimes is not full of delight A garden which sometimes struggles for sunlight. Where some days the sun shines on shimmering streams, and on others the dark consumes innocent dreams. Where petals of beautiful flowers oft fall Where life always lives, even when odds are small. You see sometimes our lives can be… Read more Similizing the Brain to a Garden, but one in like Washington State or something – Matt Travers