Reading the Revolution Nostalgia
The outside reflection of the French Revolution memories in 19th-century worksfrom two neighbouring countries: Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities and Georg Büchner
A Dream Deferred… Reading Thai politics through Langston Hughes’ “Harlem”
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a
I Tracked A Dead Man Down A Trench: A Poem Revisit (or Analysis, If I Dare Say)
‘I tracked a dead man down a trench’ I tracked a dead man down a trench, I knew not he was dead. They told me he had gone that way, And there his foot-marks led. The tr
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: from Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter
An anthology of great and not-so-great short stories I finished this book on 30 December 2019, the very last book of the year, and the decade indeed. My reading journey of this boo
The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy & Emily Sutton
A refreshing tale for the Christmas season If you have read Hans Christian Andersen’s short story, The Fir Tree, you would be somewhat familiar with the story of this particu