Thoughts & Analysis on Jack London’s White Fang
Let’s talk about White Fang, Jack London’s other genius masterpiece about a dog.
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Literary Essays
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Buck is part St. Bernard and part Scotch Shepherd, with the size and strength of the former and grace and
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Oscar Wilde and His Influence on Queer Culture
How groundbreaking was Oscar Wilde? A lot! The author of The Picture of Dorian Gray had a tremendous influence on not just queer literature but LGBTQ+ culture.
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S.S. Van Dine: The Man Who Didn’t Want to Write Murder Mysteries
What happens when a pretentious art critic has to recuperate from his cocaine addiction? He becomes a detective novel writer, ofc.
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Clemence Dane and the Queer-Coded Regiment of Women
Clemence Dane is an underrated lowkey little-known queer writer that should be an icon. Let’s talk about her life and work.
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Samuel Smiles: The Father of Modern Self-Help
This dude Samuel Smiles may be the father of the self-help personal development genre.
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Ronald Arbuthnott Knox: The Detective Story-Writing Priest
An Anglican priest, a Catholic priest, and a detective story writer walk into a bar. The punch line is that they’re all the same guy! lolololol
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Cheerfulness as a Life Power by Orison Swett Marden
Orison Swett Marden was one of the most influential personal development writers there was. Let’s talk more about him.
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The Mystery of the Blue Train: Agatha Christie Hated This Book!
Find out why Agatha Christie hated The Mystery of the Blue Train!
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Agatha Christie and the Shit She Had Going On in Her Life During Writing The Big Four
The Big Four is considered one of Agatha Christie’s more uneven novels and once we learn what she had going on in her life at the time of its creation, it’s no wonder at all.
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