Kreeger Reads

Hello! Here is the first installment to my "Uni Life" series where I share some of the more interesting papers I have composed for my own classes. I felt this one might interest you guys because (1) who does not love Walt Whitman, but also (2) because this poem is seldom analyzed independently and I wanted to show it a bit of love. Enjoy! Breaking a Ribb’d Cage             In Whitman’s “Not Heaving From My Ribb’d Breast Only”, the narrator calls upon his secret male lover like a muse- pleading for him to “exist” in these public songs, and not just the private spaces he has occupied in the past. He goes on to list all of the intimate and painful places his love has been relegated to simply because society will not allow homosexual love to exist openly. Whitman wrote this poem and many others based on his experiences and feelings as a gay man living in nineteenth century America. However, because of the intolerance towards same ...

         Hello! I have been rather off-the-grid since the start of this semester, mostly because of my course load, but also because I feel as though the subject of my postings has become rather monotonous and boring. I want to begin to take my page into more directions. I intend to continue doing the reviews I initially started this blog to do, but I also want to have more "series" if you will. Some of the ideas I've had are analyzing modern musical lyrics in pop, mature perspectives on fairy tales and their true meaning/contexts, and maybe even posting some of the pieces I am writing at uni to give you guys an idea of the kind of work that interests me (and hopefully will interest you as well). These are just examples, but the addition I am most excited about is the creation of a Tumblr account! On this Tumblr I will be posting snipets, quotes, poems and other pieces I have written but do not intend on using in any sort of publishing in the future. This is rea...