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by Eric Stephenson
September 25, 2022
in Analysis, Education, Riding the Wave, Weekly Features, Writing Skills
tags Analysis, Eric Stephenson, Harold Bloom, Shakespeare, Ten Reasons to Enjoy Shakespeare's Works, The Invention of the Human

Ten Reasons to Enjoy Shakespeare’s Works

by Eric Stephenson
September 25, 2022
in Analysis, Education, Riding the Wave, Weekly Features, Writing Skills
tags Analysis, Eric Stephenson, Harold Bloom, Shakespeare, Ten Reasons to Enjoy Shakespeare's Works, The Invention of the Human

In Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, Harold Bloom argues that Shakespeare did more than just shape the structure and content of the English language—he created human nature as we understand it today. As James Shapiro explains, “Shakespeare remains so popular and his most memorable characters feel so real because through them Shakespeare invented something that hadn’t existed before. Bloom defines this as ‘personality,’ inwardness, what it means to be human.

by Malcolm McCollum
September 19, 2022
in Analysis, Creative Nonfiction, Open Channel
tags Analysis, Benny Green, Bix Beiderbecke, Johnny Griffin, Like a Girl Saying Yes: The Sound of Bix, Louis Armstrong, Malcolm McCollum, Open Channel

Like a Girl Saying Yes: The Sound of Bix

by Malcolm McCollum
September 19, 2022
in Analysis, Creative Nonfiction, Open Channel
tags Analysis, Benny Green, Bix Beiderbecke, Johnny Griffin, Like a Girl Saying Yes: The Sound of Bix, Louis Armstrong, Malcolm McCollum, Open Channel

The first time Benny Goodman heard Bix Beiderbecke play cornet, he recalled, he wondered, “My God, what planet, what galaxy, did this guy come from?” (Skretvedt). Listening to him throughout my life, I’ve had the same feeling. So did hundreds of musicians who heard Bix during his short lifetime, and so have thousands of listeners since. What was it about this musician that captivated and astonished so many for so

by Gary Walker
September 18, 2022
in Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Education, Habitually Distracted
tags Analysis, Gary Walker, Habitually Distracted, Making It New (Again)

Making It New (Again)

by Gary Walker
September 18, 2022
in Creative Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Education, Habitually Distracted
tags Analysis, Gary Walker, Habitually Distracted, Making It New (Again)

When the poet and critic Ezra Pound issued his famous literary proclamation to “make it new,” he uttered a phrase that became so identified with modernist literature that it’s difficult to imagine modernism happening without it. Of course, like many fitting pronouncements, over the years this one’s become a cliché, having been extensively quoted and requoted, purposed and repurposed. In fact, it wasn’t even new to Pound when he said

by a featured contributor
September 17, 2022
in Creative Nonfiction, Greenwoman, Open Channel, Weekly Features
tags Analysis, DB Rudin, Greenwoman, Open Channel, praying mantis, The Praying Mantis: A Garden Assassin

The Praying Mantis: A Garden Assassin

by a featured contributor
September 17, 2022
in Creative Nonfiction, Greenwoman, Open Channel, Weekly Features
tags Analysis, DB Rudin, Greenwoman, Open Channel, praying mantis, The Praying Mantis: A Garden Assassin

Of all the potential insect visitors gardeners may encounter, perhaps none has more charisma than the praying mantis. “The ultimate insect assassin” is how famed British filmmaker David Attenborough describes it. You can forgive Sir David a bit of hyperbole when you realize that this is the only insect in the world with a martial arts style modeled after it, Praying Mantis Kung Fu. The story goes that one Wang

by a featured contributor
September 14, 2022
in Analysis, Opinion, Student Writings
tags American student, Analysis, grade obsession, McKenzie Bartels, Mental Health, student writings

Mental Health, Grade Obsession, and the American Student

by a featured contributor
September 14, 2022
in Analysis, Opinion, Student Writings
tags American student, Analysis, grade obsession, McKenzie Bartels, Mental Health, student writings

When I was in high school, getting a C on something as inconsequential as a homework assignment would ensure that my lunch period would be spent crying in a bathroom stall in a panic attack over my failure of a life, eventually ending in my silent acceptance of my future as a homeless person. It wasn’t until after graduation that I learned I was not the only one struggling with

by a featured contributor
September 12, 2022
in Analysis, Opinion, Student Writings
tags Analysis, Hemp, Hemp as a Water-Saving Alternative to Cotton in Arizona, hemp versus cotton, Opinion, Sophia Rossi

Hemp as a Water-Saving Alternative to Cotton in Arizona

by a featured contributor
September 12, 2022
in Analysis, Opinion, Student Writings
tags Analysis, Hemp, Hemp as a Water-Saving Alternative to Cotton in Arizona, hemp versus cotton, Opinion, Sophia Rossi

Cotton, one of the staple textile materials used in the United States, is a thirsty crop. Many locations that grow cotton, such as Arizona, are in the midst of serious droughts and water shortages. Because Arizona is lacking the sufficient levels of water to grow cotton, water basins, aquifers and the Colorado River are being drained by farmers to water their crop. As a result, an environmental footprint is being

Tag Analysis

Ten Reasons to Enjoy Shakespeare’s Works

Like a Girl Saying Yes: The Sound of Bix

Making It New (Again)

The Praying Mantis: A Garden Assassin

Mental Health, Grade Obsession, and the American Student

Hemp as a Water-Saving Alternative to Cotton in Arizona