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  • Workshopping The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

    by David Marler In 1963, Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar was released under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.  The novel was a hit from the beginning, but was only read by the masses after Plath’s suicide shortly after the novel’s release.  The Bell Jar is autobiographical, and when you read the book, you almost have a feeling that you can understand…

  • Rejection: Fiction by Tony Tulathimutte

    Yesterday, during a flight between Amsterdam and Abu Dhabi, I found myself laugh-crying while reading the final chapters of Tony Tulathimute’s Rejection: Fiction. Whenever I read a novel, the literature teacher in me always emerges unexpectedly. I think about the didactics of the text and, most importantly, how I could incorporate it into one of my…

  • Workshopping The Picture of Dorian Gray (by Oscar Wilde)

    Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) is one of the most well-read Victorian novels today. Like many novels of the time, it was a serial publication for Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine.  The novella was published in sections in the magazine.  It wasn’t until a year later that was published in book form. Ethics and the Dandy The Picture of…

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I’m an American/Dutch educator specializing in Literature and Culture at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. I’m also the author of a textbook on American Culture. A polyglot fluent in English, Dutch, French, Danish, and Italian, I’m passionate about exploring stories through literature, film, and photography. As an avid traveler, I’m always seeking new perspectives and inspiration from the world around me.

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