Imagination And Culture

Photo Credit: World map painted on hands, Created May 20, 2014, Uploaded January 20, 2015: stokpic/Pixabay/CCO 1.0 “[P]eople with different backgrounds rubbing up against each other and exchanging ideas and practices is self-evidently one of the most productive, fascinating aspects of modern urban life.” (Shriver, par. 14) Recently, a hot debate broke out regarding author …

Sacred Lives: On Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case (2013)

***This post is part of the Agatha Christie Blogathon, hosted by writer and blogger Christina Wehner and the Little Bits Of Classic blog.*** ***Unfortunately, there is no way I can write this blog post without giving away spoilers to the last episode of the Poirot series. My apologies.*** “He [Poirot] cares deeply how other people …

The Many Shades Of Women’s Fiction

Photo Credit: Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called “Sappho”), artist unknown, Roman fresco, 50-79 A.D., National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy: Butko/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY SA 2.0 I am a feminist and love reading fiction written by women. Since I started writing at the age of fourteen, my work has included some form of feminist character, …