Stanley Jerry Farlow, the author of numerous mathematics textbooks and short story books, retired from teaching right here at the University of Maine in 2014.…
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There are nearly a dozen different English translations of “The Trial,” by Franz Kafka, each with different abridged entries and author’s margins to give context…
Some words and sentences linger for months after being read. For Jerzy Kosiński’s “The Painted Bird,” there are entire chapters that continue to haunt me…
As the Maine Campus settles into hibernation for finals week and winter break, I wanted to review my favorite short story, “The Death of a…
At just 18 years old, Mary Shelley began crafting one of the most influential horror stories ever written, the 1818 novel “Frankenstein.” This work is…