Literature

Holiday Gift Ideas: Classic Literature for Tweens (8 to 12)

Classic children’s novels are loved by all ages and continue to be popular in print along with TV and film adaptations by each successive...

The History of “A Christmas Carol”, Then and Now

There are stories that entertain and then there are stories that they possess. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has done both for nearly two...

Hubris in Great Literature: Hero or Villian

I have always been interested in the issue of hubris. My most favorite classical dramatic plays and novels deal with the issue of hubris....

Short Story: Cashing Out (Or It’s the End of Cash as We Know It)

Cops of the future will look like systems administrators today. They loiter at their desks, absorbed by the glow of their monitors running mesmerizing...

Tribute to Sir Martin Amis and Imposter’s Syndrome

The first time I read about Sir Martin Amis (1949-2023, British) was in a 1991 GQ column pitting his then current novel, “Time’s Arrow”,...

Favorite Movies About Writers

There have been many movies made about writers and poets. Often the films are sensationalized, focused on the character’s flaws, drug or alcohol use,...

Two Short Stories by Drew Bufalini

Two Short Stories by Drew Bufalini Drew Bufalini is a professional freelance writer of fiction, non-fiction, business, product branding, and advertising who has written several...

What Is Haiku Poetry

I have a love affair with haiku poetry, which I discovered while studying world literature at Wayne State University in Detroit. While in college,...

Spy Game: The Spies Behind The Authors Who Rolled Back the Iron Curtain

Who would win if you pitted an average spy and a typical writer in a no-holds-barred cage match? As a humble writer myself, I...

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