by Cole Salao
A lot of writers are the dream subjects of documentary makers. They just lead such interesting lives that you can’t help but be curious about the people behind the books you love. The more acclaimed a writer is, the more unique (and often tragic) their life...
by Yen Cabag
Sometimes you might hear people using quotations that you’re not familiar with or those whose meanings you’re not sure of. “Once more unto the breach” is a favorite quote for someone who either loves Shakespeare or just likes quoting him. But what does it really...
by Yen Cabag
“A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!” Perhaps you have heard someone quote this but you’re not sure what it means or where it even came from. Fear not! In this post, we hope to shed some light into this well-known line from the bard himself, William Shakespeare....
by Yen Cabag
A stanza is the basic building block of poems, in the same way that paragraphs make up a piece of prose, or verses combine into a song. The stanzas in a poem typically have individual themes contained within, and they may be arranged with meters and rhyme, or they may...
by Cole Salao
You’ve probably watched a movie where one or more characters had a pet. A lot of them are real animals, others are fantastical. Some are ordinary, others are magical. Whatever form they take, it’s guaranteed that they provide some sort of support for their...
by Cole Salao
As media continues to evolve, stories gain access to more and more platforms from which they are told. The novel you’re reading now may be continued by a movie and vice versa. When a story does this, it has become an expanded universe. This kind of multi-media...
