My Journey Through Words, Books, and Cultures
June is a dangerously beautiful month. Flowers are in full bloom, the days stretch past 8pm, and my favorite summer fruit – strawberries – finally return. Summer is the season when it feels like anything is possible. As the month has progressed, I’ve felt my anxiety gradually slip away. If contentment is something worth striving…
My review of Milkteeth by Caitlin Starling, a vampire horror novella exploring motherhood, labor, and bodily transformation.
Before Dracula and Twilight, vampires were feared as plague-bearing corpses. Explore the history and folklore behind the vampire myth.
My May reading recap: reflections on the month and short reviews of the novels I read this month.
A review of Boulder by Eva Baltasar, a lyrical and incisive novel about freedom, motherhood, desire, and the limits of domestic life.
A vampire novel with little bite.
A personal essay about adult friendship and the quiet habit of taking loved ones for granted because we believe there will always be more time.
An introduction to my personal vampire literature curriculum. What do vampires reveal about the living?
My April reading recap: reflections on the month and short reviews of gothic, literary, and unsettling novels I read in April.
Sátántangó is a bleak and darkly comedic portrayal of how isolation can lead to profound alienation, desperation, and susceptibility to manipulation.