Creative Work Lazy Gun: A Science Fiction Story Posted on February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 By Roo This was a short story and essay reflection that I wrote for a class called Data Narratives. 0 The uncertain darkness of the station was interrupted by advancing headlights. A screech accompanied them, seeming to reverberate from all around as the tram car pulled in. The landing was transformed: what… Read more
Essays A Strange Anointing: Religion in If Beale Street Could Talk Posted on March 30, 2024February 16, 2026 By Roo “He kissed my face…he uncovered my breasts and put his teeth and tongue there and his hands were all over my body…he called me by the thunder in my ear. I was in his hands: I was being changed.” –Tish, If Beale Street Could Talk In his 1974 novel, If… Read more
Essays Celestial Bodies and Plato’s Symposium Posted on April 24, 2023February 16, 2026 By Roo “My moon and my sun thou hast quenched for ever.” —James Joyce, Ulysses Jokha Alharthi’s 2010 book, Celestial Bodies, tells the story of three sisters and a host of other characters as they make their way through a cosmic sea of possibility, visualized by the titular “celestial bodies.” The sisters… Read more
Essays The Weakness of Love in Marie de France’s Deus Amanz Posted on April 17, 2023February 16, 2026 By Roo Deus Amanz lives in the same genre as Pyramus and Thisbe, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, as well as William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It is also similar to Chevrefoil in the same collection. It is a story of lovers whose parents interfere with their love, and who end up dying together… Read more