We trace Marvell's poetry back to its perhaps distressing roots.

What did Marvell know and how did he use it? We look at the sexism in the poem and discover how this provocation is hardly unique in the carpe diem tradition.

What do we do with--how do we read--can we make us of--a classic and famous metaphysical poem which is also misogynistic?

We consider who is accountable for the text: author, character, or reader, and how writers build a narrative distance in texts to allow irony and meaning to operate (and shirking a bit of accountabili

What is Literary Nomads, anyway? And what does that have to do with Radiohead, Godzilla, professorial assault, and irony?

The final of three full interviews from the book launch of my poetry book Unwoven. Here, poet Kelly Porter and I discuss how consciously writers might think about structure.

The second of three full interviews from the book launch of my poetry book Unwoven. Here, teacher Sarah Rusinowski considers classroom applications for the book.

The first of three full interviews from the book launch of my poetry book Unwoven. Here, Dr. Jessica Manuel digs at some of the themes and motivations for the book.

The Waywords Podcast is reborn as Literary Nomads: Wider explorations, broader embraces of reading, and (im)practical thinking!

A Winter Solstice story of 1907, when four women begin to tell stories around the fire. . . .