Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
Archive
About
Latest
Top
Elvis Presley and the Cultural Imagination, or: I Watched (Almost) Every Elvis Movie, and I Have Some Thoughts
Baz Luhrman’s ELVIS and Sophia Coppola’s Priscilla are the heralds — or perhaps the bookends — of a little Elvis Renaissance.
Sep 24
•
Katie Branigan
The Canaletto Room and the Reconstruction of Warsaw
It is easy to find yourself overwhelmed in the Royal Castle in Warsaw, with its richly delicate halls and colorful rooms full of neoclassical allusions…
Sep 10
•
Isabella Biernat
Kingdom Curriculum
Freshman Year: Fall
Sep 3
•
Michael Jezewak
1
August 2025
Pierpont Beach
I’ll stand at that western edge of land, the sun’s day home.
Aug 27
•
Peter Seeley
1
Ex Umbris Ad Lucem
I was on Michigan Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, when I was drawn to the central figures in this composition.
Aug 20
•
Joseph Pillado
Adapting the Adapter: Cinematography in Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
It has been a common theme of mine across several different publications to write on the idea of adaptation, particularly of classic works of…
Aug 13
•
Nathaniel Birzer
Robin’s egg on a sidewalk
O small heaven, broken on the ground,
Aug 6
•
Peter Seeley
3
July 2025
The Cousin Kings
In 1914, war was looming in Europe.
Jul 30
•
Matthew Holze
2
Winter Triptych
Everyone I’ve met in Michigan so far has asked why I chose to move here from Hawaii, where I was born and raised.
Jul 23
•
Hannah Elwell
The Astrologers
We served them since we saw the stars descend
Jul 9
•
Peter Seeley
2
Toddler Magis
For Mikey
Jul 9
•
Michael Jezewak
Zélie Martin
What is there to say about Zélie that hasn’t already been said?
Jul 9
•
Abigail Leali
1
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
