Author: scotac15

  • “an anger to the asking”: The Answer to the Other

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    “this cannot be written. as question. as joke. as poem. this is a marking. a memory. an anger to the asking. an answer.” -Truong Tran, Book of the Other                  Photo by James Eades on Unsplash Truong Tran’s Book of the Other speaks to the harsh truths and realities minorities like himself face. Tran utilizes improper…

  • How Pablo Neruda’s Sonnet 17 Portrays Passionate Love

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    Analysis by Aili Scott “I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz, or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.  I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom but carries the light of those…