Archive - Pens and Poison

In Defense of the Tense

Matt Sutherland Defends the Present Tense in Fiction Writing

17 hrs ago •

Matthew Sutherland

Why Conservatives Must Defend the Liberal Arts

The Case for Tradition, Intellectual Inquiry, and the Power of Reading

Mar 10 •

The Feminist Mirage: How Contemporary Feminism Has Left Women Adrift

The Modern Woman is More Entitled, Less Fulfilled, and Increasingly Isolated

Mar 6 •

On Art & Immortality

Literature, Death, and the Quest for Immortality

Mar 3 •

February 2025

The Year I Quit Reading

How Academia Poisoned My Love of Literature—And How I Got It Back

Feb 27 •

The Definitive List of 100 Classic Novels to Read Before You Die

And 25 Classics You Can Skip

Feb 25 •

Literature Has Become a Playground for Marxists

How the academy betrayed the humanistic tradition

Feb 20 •

Plato, Baudrillard, and the Simulacra

An Original Platonic Dialogue

Feb 17 •

Why Did English Departments Abandon Ideas for Ideology?

How ideology replaced art in the literary academy

Feb 13 •

Anne Sexton's "Her Kind"

A Pens and Poison Poetry Analysis

Feb 10 •

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The Crisis of Artistic Creativity

Theodor Adorno's Warning for the Modern Age

Feb 3 •

January 2025

Philip Larkin's “Aubade”

A Pens and Poison Poetry Analysis

Jan 30 •

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