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My articles cover subjects related to the arts, humanities, technology, and social science through a literary lens. You can read from a list of my top articles below, separated by topic, or follow my Medium profile for all stories. https://medium.com/@pearsontywl/about
Literary Research Writing
Why The World Still Needs Poetry In A Data-Driven Era: Considering the future of human language in the digital age
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Exploring the Cognitive Rifts Between Readers of Electronic and Physical Texts
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Why Ekphrastic Poetry is Beautiful in an Image-Saturated Era: How writing about images changed my perspective of art, photographs, and prose
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How To Become A Better Reader: Try These 9 Strategies To Transform Your Reading Experience
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How Social Media is Reviving Books and What it Means for Writers, Readers, and the Literature Market Today: The Pros and Cons of Booktok, Bookstagram, and Booktube
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Literary History Timeline Project — Part 1: Technologies: An attempt to chronicle the history of books, writing, and literary media
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This Writing Habit Changed My Life: Why Consistency is Key to Beating Writer's Block and Meeting Your Productivity Goals
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The Case For ‘Contextual’ Rather Than ‘Critical’ Literary Analysis: Three methods for the study of readers and book history
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Why Book Clubs Benefit Your Reading Experiences: 6 reasons any literature lover should join a discussion group and how they can do so
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Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) Replace Human Authors?: Considering the unsettling shift from ‘human’ to ‘machine’ language and its implications for writers
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The Important Influence of Myths, Legends, and Folktales in Literature: How collective, cultural narratives influence books and authors
Unpacking The Timeline of Gothic and Horror Literature: Considering the past, present, and future of the genres
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7 Books That Help You Become a Better Creative Writer: Texts that actually assist with the subjective art of prose
Book Reviews and Author Profiles
Great Expectations (1861) By Charles Dickens: Book Analysis— A Timeless Exploration Of Identity: Celebrating the novel’s 163rd anniversary and David Lean’s 1946 direct cinematic adaptation
Why George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four Are Still Relevant 75 Years Later: Celebrating the author’s timeless testament to freedom, truth, and the human spirit
(Credit: image adapted from “George Orwell in BBC 1940” in BBC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
How Edgar Allan Poe Became A Popular Culture Icon: Celebrating the life, work, and legacy of one of American literature’s most prolific writers
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The Epitome Of The American Dream Narrative: An Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925): Celebrating the novel’s 100th anniversary
Birds Aren’t Real: The True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in US History (2024) By Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos: Book Analysis: Examining the joy and genius of absurdist humor in the era of Post-truth
Personal Essays
The Vibrant Literature Scene of Duluth, Minnesota and the Twin Ports Lake Superior Area: an Insider Perspective (Poetry, Fiction, and More)
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What Is An Artist’s Path to ‘Success’?: Lessons from seven years of writing, film, and musical pursuits
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Duluth Armory Arts & Music Center Celebrates 22nd Anniversary of Restoration Project
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On Art and Escapism: Why reverie is what I love most about creative projects
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Video Games and Online Culture
Are Video Games Art?: Exploring the creative possibilities of interactive entertainment and their value in the arts and humanities
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Why Viral Social Media ‘Brain Rot’ Content Is Alarming Yet Intriguing
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Film
15 Movies That Appear In Other Movies: The Popularity of ‘Intertext’ in Postmodern Media
https://medium.com/@pearsontywl/15-movies-that-appear-in-other-movies-b1c56fec0641
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In Memory of David Lynch: Honoring the legacy of the legendary filmmaker and artist after his passing at 78
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Visual Art Analysis
The Art of the Remix: Unpacking the Timeline of American Gothic
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