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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Accept this "Bonnie Doon"
Today, Erika Kyba reads through the end of "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi," by Emily Dickinson. We begin to tie together the themes of moral bankruptcy, surface versus subs...
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Insolvency, Sublime!
Today, Erika Kyba reads "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi," by Emily Dickinson, a witty societal critique dashed with a commentary how certain astronomical discoveries have al...
The Abyss: Above, Below, On Every Side
Today, Erika Kyba reads "The Abyss," by Baudelaire, and attempts to explore the poet's terror of the infinite.
The Benefactors: The Pinch of Pain and Fear
Today, Erika Kyba reads "The Benefactors" by Rudyard Kipling. Kipling mediates on how all innovation springs from the "pinch of pain and fear" that drives man.
Adam's Curse: As Weary-Hearted as that Hollow Moon
Today, Erika Kyba reads "Adam's Curse" by William Butler Yeats. Yeats muses on how all beautiful and lovely things require labor...and how this laboring after the beau...