“The Florida Review” — A Mining Excavation in Death and Creatures

As an intern with “The Florida Review” Literary Journal, I have had the opportunity this semester to read, review and critique a multitude of submitted manuscripts from authors seeking publication in the journal. This has been one of the highlights of my semester. When I began the semester I chose to read any genre submission: Poetry, Fiction [...]

“The Florida Review” — A Mining Excavation in Death and Creatures

Help me buy my way to an “A”… As an intern with “The Florida Review” Literary Journal, I have had the opportunity this semester to read, review and critique a multitude of submitted manuscripts from authors seeking publication in the journal. This has been one of the highlights of my semester. When I began the [...]

Just Omit Yeast: A Recipe for Simple Living or a Life of Loafing?

Just Omit Yeast: A Recipe for Simple Living or a Life of Loafing? A Literary Critique of Henry David Thoreau‘s Walden “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when [...]

WRITER’S BLOCKS

It is no secret; Authors such as John Updike, Ernest Hemingway, and George Bernard Shaw sat down every morning, without fail, and wrote. Some counted pages, some counted words. Some stopped mid- sentence, mid-process, mid-flow when they reached their daily goal. Others did not. James Thurber said, “Don’t get it right; get it written.” How [...]