Hyperion is a sci-fi classic from Dan Simmons which takes its name from the poem by John Keats of the same name. The novel makes multiple references to the poem by Keats and actually Keats is even a character in the story and Hyperion also happens to be name of the planet where portion of the s...

Note: This is neither a "rant" nor a review. I'm trying to give some context for my question. I first read the books in the later part of the 1990s, beginning as a pre-teen who had no idea what LOTR was. I just saw and picked out the first book from the bookshelf at home and was instantly hooked,...

Since he doesn't suspect that they are going to destroy it, just like the Dark Lord doesn't suspect this, what did he think? Why else would these mysterious hobbits be traveling to such a place, with the Preciousss, if not to destroy it? Gollum is very anxious about Sauron getting it back, but do...

"In this single story, there was no possibility of Africans being similar to her in any way, no possibility of feelings more complex than pity, no possibility of a connection as human equals." - From the Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "When I was 8, I was confused for being ...

T.S. Eliot's first professionally published poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, in this poem Eliot narrates the experience of a character named J. Alfred Prufrock. Similarly, Ezra Pound's Hugh Selwyn Mauberley is about the Mauberley's failure (actually Pound's own self) as a poet. Are the n...

The Chinese-Peruvian poet Julia Wong Kcomt wrote two poems for Words Without Borders about her experiences as a product of two different cultures. I'm particularly interested in the first of them, entitled "The Red Rooster", which begins and ends with the following two verses: Peru dies. Like ga...