Author Archives: Stephanie Firth

This link introduces the term net.art, which is the accepted genre of Young-Hae. http://courses.washington.edu/hypertxt/cgi-bin/book/contexts/koreansatire.html This link is of an actual written interview, pretty interesting and revealing 🙂 http://www.brown.edu/Research/dichtung-digital/2005/2/Yoo/index-engl.htm

The Art of Sleep felt like a typical thought process of someone who cannot manage to get to sleep. Crazy ideas with some sort of distracting noise to harp on. I have to admit by the conspiracy point I was … Continue reading →

After discussing how miscommunication is a big part of this text, it was interesting to notice where it shows up in the next two chapters. I was also very amused that Oedipa is now obsessed with this secret postal service … Continue reading →

Beginning this novel with the knowledge that it was going to be “difficult” was slightly daunting. I managed to get the main idea of the story, but I had a few pitfalls on the way. Most of the time I … Continue reading →

I find this poem curious because we just finished a book about “passing.” Tretheway discusses the possibility of having blond hair to match her tan skin, which would make her look “white.” Looking back on her memories, she remembers the … Continue reading →

“Lady Lazarus” is particularly interesting to me. I enjoyed Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, but have never actually read her poetry. I was not surprised to quickly discover this poem was about her multiple suicide attempts. Plath continually tried to … Continue reading →

Well, let’s just say I was a little excited by the topic of Deborah McDowell’s essay! I am currently in Eng 436 Fem Lit Crit, so this was right up my alley! It is quite coincidental, too, because we are … Continue reading →

“Musée des Beaux Arts” is an intriguing poem. The first read over yielded nothing for me, but then I read it again and yet again. Something in the wording trapped me in and I was determined to propose some sort … Continue reading →

I was particularly disturbed by the ending of “Indian Camp.” The short story is that of a birth, a new life coming into the world. Given that, yes, the birth is an extremely difficult one and if it had not … Continue reading →

“Poem With Lines in Any Order” is a very intriguing poem. Time is clearly the element of the entire poem with the three lines seemingly random “You can’t line in the past.” “Nobody can live in the future.” and “There’s … Continue reading →