Author: Narya Rose Deckard
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“That Hairy Heart Inside of Us”
“That Hairy Heart Inside of Us” – Some thoughts on Daniel Ogden’s new book and wolves. “To be rigorous about wolves—you might as well expect rigor of clouds.” – Barry Lopez Of Wolves and Men Daniel Ogden’s new book The Werewolf in the Ancient World is a survey of primarily classical Greece stories of… Read more
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Beasts of Prairie and Woods
Review of Beloved Beasts by Michelle Nijhuis Corpses of bison strewn across a field. An 1899 woodcut of a woman adorned in feathers, a live bird, clutched by its tail, held aloft in one hand. A man wearing a camouflage coat wades through snow, hoping to find wolf tracks, eager for “the visitors… Read more
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End of Semester Questions
My first blog post I ended with some questions that I wanted to ponder after completing my first MFA semester. Now that I have completed 33 credits of my MFA in Creative Writing degree, I have even more questions. How do I be attentive to my world? How do I learn to witness myself? The… Read more
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Breaking Barriers
Sawtooth edged bamboo leaves like a rose and its thorns. I know: bamboo may not have the soft petals, the sweet aroma lingering in the air, the burst of bright pink and red popping out of deep green leaves and stems; nor does bamboo have the jutting thorns, sharp needle-point protrusions so easily spied.… Read more
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Transcendental Cooking: The Spatial Conditions for the Possibility of Spätzel
In an attempt to loosen a beginning sentence for the new ideas I’ve been having about space, place, and cooking in the kitchen, I performed a cursory Internet search for “spatial cooking” but the only hits I found were about cooking in space…like, outer space. NASA cooking. While I think that’s really interesting, it’s… Read more
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The Wisdom of Earthsea – Thoughts on Ursula Le Guin’s The Wizard of Earthsea I grew up with a love for fantasy, devouring stories of unicorns, mythical sea creatures, dragons, fairies. To me these were (are) real, only maybe we cannot see them because we are just not looking the right way (see Alastair McIntosh,… Read more
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Winter in a Time of Covid
I opened this blog to have a public space to write and think, to share, openly. I began this blog, typed out a draft of a post, and promptly actively worked to avoid posting anything to this new space. What is this hesitation? Why do I suddenly wish to avoid writing here and yet… Read more