By: April Mae Berza I started writing when I found out about the national hero of the Philippines crafting verses at an early age. That time, I told myself I will follow […]
My Poetic Journey Begins Now
The History of A Shoe Maker: A Landmark of a Successful Careerist
By: Mohammad Jashim Uddin Because of prolific career, Mr. Muhammad Abdul Maleque has experienced different historical and socio-cultural ups and downs. His book The History of A Shoe Maker is nothing but […]
Respecting Yourself
By: Ijeoma Mbah Learning how to respect yourself is one of the best things you can ever do for yourself. Self-respect is the sense of worth and personal value that you attach […]
Our Cantilevered Democracy
By: Debra N. Diener American democracy is lauded as structurally solid, composed of three strong equal governmental branches balancing and supporting each other for the good of the country. The fallacy of […]
The Cackle —A Cautionary Tale
By: Debra N. Diener I’m suddenly stabbed in the top of my right foot. Simultaneously, I yelp in pain, look down at my foot and could swear I hear someone cackling like […]
Class Struggle in ‘The Boatman of The Padma River’
By: Mohammad Jashim Uddin Literature is the reflection of social picture and human life. It highlights the socio-economic condition, religious belief and its impact on human being, changes of the world, ecology […]
The Tale of an Overweight Rebel
By: David Whippman Ask a random section of the reading public to name a novel by George Orwell, and the overwhelming response will be either Animal Farm or 1984. My personal favourite, […]
Hysteria, Foucault, and Feminism: Resistance in Psychiatric Power and Phallogocentric Discourse
By: Ilgin Yildiz Hysteria as a disease has over 4000 years of history. Freud invented psychoanalysis on the basis of his work with female hysterics like ‘Dora’ (Ida Bauer). In 1952, with […]
What Comes Next: The World After Postmodernism
By: Adam Wan Postmodernism—a cultural, philosophical, artistic, literary, and architectural movement that emerged in the latter half of the twentieth century, and twenty or so years into the twenty-first century, the movement […]
Unwitting Encounters with the Creature
By: Sultana Raza Forced to shelter indoors in 1818, the year without a summer, Mary Shelley brought one of the most famous monster to life at the Villa Diodati in Geneva. Little […]
