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A Memorable Opening...
Often emulated but rarely matched, the opening lines of Charles Dickens's 1860 novel Great Expectations masterfully set the plot in motion.
Jan 6, 2023
An Adventure in the Alps
Elizabeth Robins, "The Mills of the Gods"
Nov 18, 2022
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Kirsten Shepherd-Barr
The beginning of a journey
In 1773, the poet Phillis Wheatley boarded a ship to England and turned her departure into poetry
Feb 6
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Daniel Abdalla
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Master-mistress of my passion
May 30, 2025
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Alexandra Paddock
Wandering...straight into the stuff of nightmares
Feb 21, 2025
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Daniel Abdalla
Spring approaches!
Mar 7, 2025
One poem, many interpretations...
Aug 15, 2025
Rotten Love
Jun 21, 2024
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Alexandra Paddock
'The Truth must dazzle gradually'
Mar 8, 2024
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"Every day at sundown"
A short, but precise, poem about meetings and partings
Jan 30
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Daniel Abdalla
Power and Frailty
Gerard Manley Hopkins was a Catholic priest as well as a poet, and was once called on to minister to a dying man, Felix Randal, a blacksmith…
Jan 23
A star is born (potentially!)
In this farcical scene, an acting troupe puts the old saying to the test: “there are no small parts, only small actors.”
Jan 16
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Daniel Abdalla
Emily Dickinson's 'certain Slant of Light'
This week we return to our 100th LitHits newsletter, first published in 2023, featuring one of Dickinson's most intriguing poems--and a great start to…
Jan 9
'Ring in the thousand years of peace'
The coming of the new year brings thoughts of the future––and past futures...
Jan 2
The contest of the Holly and the Ivy
Evergreens vie for dominance in this medieval carol
Dec 26, 2025
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Alexandra Paddock
'He heard the snow falling faintly through the universe'
Savor these intensely moving final paragraphs of James Joyce's story 'The Dead,' from his 1914 collection Dubliners
Dec 19, 2025
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