Allison Parsons – History Through the Pages

Happy National Poetry Month

This blog was originally written for THE SPARK newsletter for Arizona State University “Listen, my readers, and you will hear of that awful thing you’ve dreadfully feared.You cannot run, in this edition, – alas! History has met your English Lit. class.” Indulge me with your kindness. I am far from the days of my angsty high schoolContinue reading “Happy National Poetry Month”

Beware the Ides of March

This blog was originally written for THE SPARK newsletter for Arizona State University Take comfort, for I am not a soothsayer, and I do not bring you dreadful news. Immortalized through Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the fifteenth of March has been a particularly fun day that isn’t highlighted on the calendar. If you are surfing throughContinue reading “Beware the Ides of March”