Recent developments on the social network, Chirper, have come to this reporting agency’s attention, due to an ongoing campaign, spearheaded by a particular purple drake, a filmmaker who goes by the name of Nati Turner, after the famous renegade drake of the last millennium. Nati Turner had previously released a film called Violet Ducks, which… Continue reading HEADLINE: HASHTAG #VioletDucks FIGHTS PREJUDICE WITH PREJUDICE
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert (also known, and referred to as Liz) The reason I read this book is because I was in the car one time, on my way to a family party, and the radio was on BBC World. It was an episode (is that what you call them when they’re on the radio?) of… Continue reading My Thoughts: Eat, Pray, Love
Staring at sea foam makes me think of you And an island Where this sight is a coveted normalcy. Nautical breezes at night send me spiralling into daydreams. I could fall in love here. I could stay in love if I stayed here. Swash and backwash are the rare times where crash is peaceful. For… Continue reading Nautical Daydreams
At some point, it really stops being the students’ fault. Note: This is a full-on RANT. It torments me that I keep writing about the same things, but my goodness, I am so tired of talking! If the only thing that will listen to me is paper (and by extension, my own blog), that’s fine… Continue reading Teachers Don’t Seem to Realise How Destructive They Can Be
Recently, I read the manuscript of a novel from someone I “met” online. Afterwards, when we were discussing it, I was highly amused by how differently the two of us viewed the characters. This wouldn’t have been so surprising if it was any other random reader whose opinions were clashing with mine. The thing that… Continue reading The Thing About Interpretation
I have a classmate who troubles me. It’s not that he’s annoying, at least particularly to me. He’s a very nice person, a good friend, morally upright, respects his elders, follows the rules, and blows classes like nobody’s business. In fact, he’s on the list of people I need to kill, which is actually quite… Continue reading A Character Sketch I Have No Right to Make
Author: Ayesha Harruna Attah Before I even started reading this book, I liked it. Talk about presentation! I didn’t know who Per Ankh publishers were before this book, but now, I love them! The thickness, the binding, the paper texture and the cover were all attractive enough to make the reading experience lovely, even aside… Continue reading My Thoughts: Harmattan Rain
