Sweetbitter

Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein": An Atmospheric Masterpiece for Mary Shelley's Legacy Novel

My review of the film as a literary scholar of Mary Shelley.

Oct 27 • 

Kaitlin Smith

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September 2025

My First Month as a Comparative Literature Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. Journal #2: A Reflection on Course Readings and Advice for Other Ph.D. Students

Sep 13 • 

Kaitlin Smith

33

10

The Classical Legacy of Louise Glück

Louise Elizabeth Glück discovered mythology as a child in stories told to her by her mother.

Sep 6 • 

Kaitlin Smith

13

August 2025

Mary Shelley and the Lyricism of Taylor Swift

I listened to "But Daddy, I Love Him" on repeat one too many times.

Aug 29 • 

Kaitlin Smith

14

6

Ph.D. Studies Journal #1

A new series in which I discuss my studies as a comparative literature Ph.D. student.

Aug 24 • 

Kaitlin Smith

19

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Writing as the Practice of Desire

A discussion of the beloved act of writing and its erotic position to the lover/writer.

Aug 3 • 

Kaitlin Smith

3

June 2025

The Narrative Imagination: The Value of Writing and Literature in the Anti-Intellectual Age

A Response to Martha C. Nussbaum's "Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities."

Jun 1 • 

Kaitlin Smith

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4

May 2025

Can an Object Love?: A Short Review

Can an Object Love?: A Philological Essay on Female Subjectivity by Ellen Söderblom Saarela.

May 3 • 

Kaitlin Smith

2

April 2025

On Women's Bones in Hard Times

What's a woman to do in times like these? Write.

Apr 22 • 

Kaitlin Smith

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