Category Archives: Literature

When he doesn’t turn to you

Posted on March 8, 2026 by Kay Pelham

Below is my transcript from close to the end of the Literary Life Podcast episode with Michael Drout, discussing his new book The Tower and the Ruin. I was so moved by these words from Dr. Drout that I had … Continue reading →

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In the Bleak Midwinter: The Icon of December 25th

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Kay Pelham

I was raised from birth in an iconoclast culture, and it has only been in studying the literary tradition of reading metaphorically, studies which began as I approached my 60th year, that I have reached a far better understanding of … Continue reading →

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False Havens

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Kay Pelham

In reading story metaphorically, which is a way of hearing story that was practiced by rich and poor, educated and non-educated, from ancient times through medieval and Elizabethan times, you learn that most images have true and false versions. You … Continue reading →

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Holy Metaphors, Batman!

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Kay Pelham

For the past two weeks I was in a mini-class with the House of Humane Letters, where Angelina Stanford took us through Harry Potter Books 4 & 5, and as usual with Angelina, it was about more than that. When … Continue reading →

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Concerning Harry Potter

Posted on June 7, 2025 by admin

Some won’t think a thing of it, but others will be quite troubled at the thought of teaching a book that concerns witchcraft. I’m of the opinion that what J. K. Rowling does in Harry Potter is not the menace … Continue reading →

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