Bite-sized thoughts on books, writing, and culture
My fiance's favorite painting is Rembrandt's The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. This painting is beautiful. I was not aware of it until he pointed it out during a documentary on the painting's loss during an art heist in 1990. A slight beam of light from the sun shines through dark stormy clouds onto... Continue Reading →
Over the past year I finally read Maria Dahvana Headley’s The Mere Wife, a retelling of the Beowulf story, which is fantastic and I will write about later. More recently, her translation of Beowulf was released and I believe it may be the most compelling translation to come out since Seamus Heaney’s version was published... Continue Reading →
Lately I have been struggling, just as I am sure many have living in the time of COVID, with anger, frustration, and wondering about past life choices now that a world-wide pandemic has separated me from family and friends, and caused job markets to wither and die just as I am finishing my PhD and... Continue Reading →
Natalie Whitaker: Book Bites 