Author Archives: dleoar

I MUST ADMIT writing these blogs have been therapeutic. It is something to look forward to on the week; at times sinuous as waves, turning dreadful as stacks of homework pile up. There is an infinitum to read; biological lifetime is a finite blanket, woven in many temporality threads. From my prayer map, I share […] Continue reading →

WEEK 4. This week’s poem is one I wrote. I am not an aspiring poet, nor do I get much pleasure out of poetry as I do with narrative prose and plays. But it is a path one must take to explore all facets of shiny, diamond, text. I came across the concept the concept […] Continue reading →

WEEK 3. This week’s post reflects on Esperanza’s search for identity in The House on Mango Street, alongside my current and extracurricular reading, which continues to shape how I think about voice, writing, and lyricism. This week’s poem is an excerpt from The House on Mango Street (1984) by Sandra Cisneros. The poem is penned by […] Continue reading →

I AM A SELF-PROCLAIMED BAD POETRY READER. But through experience, I have come to learn all skills can be sharped with discipline. Henceforth, I propose for all my blogs to start with a poem. Apropos Bolaño’s Savage Detectives, it is a novel about poets, poetry and lost poets. I suspect I will only be adding […] Continue reading →

Hello everyone! My name is Leo, I’m happy to be taking this course as I love Bolaño. What also drew me to the course is that I can choose which other book I can take! I will be reading Retrospective by Juan Gabriel Vasquez. On my free time, I enjoy reading, going out for walks around […] Continue reading →

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