Hi there! I’m offering this one-day poetry writing workshop next month, and I am super-excited about it. If you are going to be in the Worcester, MA area and you’re interested in attending, please register by clicking on the “Register here!” under “Information” in the newsletter. Also, I’m presenting a paper next week on Thursday, … Continue reading
Author Archives: heatherjmacpherson
Reading Life: Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine
Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine is a collection of six stories: “A Brief History of the Art Form Known as “Hortisculpture””; “Amber Sweet”; “Go Owls”; “Translated, from the Japanese”; “Killing and Dying”; and “Intruders.” In perfect Tomine-esque brevity -in both text and illustration– each story presents the spacious darkness of the human condition through … Continue reading
Interview & Virtual Reading Up @ Niche Lit Magazine!
I am really excited that my poem, “Milepost 350, 2:33 AM” is up as a virtual reading at Niche Lit Magazine . Founding and managing editor, Katya Cummins also interviewed me. There is some fantastic work at their site– go read! It’s a beautifully designed online journal that is truly “limitless.” PS: Reading Life post coming … Continue reading
“The Winter Bees” Up at The Heron Tree
I am very happy and excited that my poem, “The Winter Bees,” is up and active on The Heron Tree. There is some wonderfully talented poets on their site– lots to enjoy, and I am thrilled to be a part of it! Continue reading
criticism / Literature / poetry / Writing
Grrr… Essay Up at The Parlour!
I am thrilled to have published my first academic essay at Ohio University’s The Parlour. Click on the link below to read, but also check out their submission guidelines and other areas that might be of interest to your own pursuits. Best! “The Impenetrable Wood: Gender Identity in Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Moose” Continue reading
2 Poems Up at Radius Lit
Big thank you to the editors at RadiusLit.org for publishing my two response poems, “The Ellen Jamesian is a Mermaid” and “Sestina Lot #41994.” I am thrilled! Continue reading
“The Joy is in the doing.” On Seeing Shakespeare’s First Folio
On Friday, May 27th I worked for a few hours then drove to Amherst, Massachusetts to visit the Mead Museum at Amherst College to see one of William Shakespeare’s First Folio’s. The Folger Shakespeare Library is celebrating “The Wonder of Will – 400 Years of Shakespeare” by bringing a First Folio to each of the … Continue reading
An Abbreviated Universe of “I want”: A Reflection
And here I am, nearing the end of what has become the greater part of my life and I do not think preparation is possible. For me, life in the classroom, not as a teacher, but student, is time that belongs to me, unshared except for the pleasure of discussion with other like-minded individuals willing … Continue reading
Reading Life: Responding to the Eye in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God
Note: I originally wrote this piece for my U.S. Studies in Ethnic Lit. course. It was such a pleasure to write reader response pieces. This was my second reading of Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and it was wonderful! A hurricane is a brutal, destructive force of nature that, much like love can be a deceiving … Continue reading
Reading Life: The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins
Hesperus Classics Edition, 2012, £6.99. Originally published in 1874. In a nutshell: Frank Aldersley and Richard Wardour are in love with the same woman, Clara Burnham. Clara’s heart belongs to Frank, but Richard is convinced that Clara belongs to him. Through Clara’s ‘gift’ of second-sight, she foresees a horrible event that will take place between these … Continue reading
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