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The Humbug

"The Philosophy of Composition” is a lovely little essay, but, as Poe himself admitted, it’s a bit of jiggery-pokery, too. More

Spill Split

I am sentimental, but continue to be surprised by how quickly an event, while / retreating into the past, gains its nostalgia. More

The Cardboard House

You do not understand how one can possibly go to school so early in the morning, especially when there are esplanades and the sea below. More

The Island of Second Sight

People ate differently here, talked differently, scolded differently. I would have to adapt. I realized this within the hour during which I was the wideeyed observer of this nation’s… More