Karah Radcliff

I spent a lot of time on this bio.

I apologize in advance.

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

“…something inexplicably bovine about a herd of American tourists…I feel guilty by perceived association.” Even back then, it’s embarrassing to call yourself an American. How unfortunate that this piece has aged so well. How amazing to see that this work aged so well… #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

To catch Petra in the act of cleaning sounds fool-proof to me. However, I would be INFURIATED if I left for exactly 29 minutes just to see I was wrong, but then do it for 31 just to see that a ninja had cleaned my room and left a mint. There’s some psychosis to that. #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

In Miekal And’s “Book of the Dead,” I SWEAR I CAN SEE SO MANY LETTERS. IS IT JUST ME? I feel like a spy or super cool archaeologist trying to decipher a hidden message from the past! I’m sure that wasn’t the indented purpose, but boy is it neat! #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

The collections of Visual Poetry this week was so vastly different between the week. When I think visual poetry I tend to think more like art with vivid colors that speak for themselves, but now I feel like I see it in a much more broad light. Art is incredible! #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

Artie calling is father a murderer has more layers than just destroying her legacy: his father pressured Anya into leaving for “Hungary.” It’s hard to say if staying where they were was safer, but it hurt, after all we read, to see the comic end that way. #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

The dynamic between Mala and Artie is very wholesome. Mala seems to respect Artie and treat him as her own. I think this is why whenever Vladek starts to complain about Mala, Artie is quick to shut him down or divert the conversation. Lots of respect for that. #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

Reading a comic about the Holocaust is surprisingly much easier when the characters featured are animals. It makes you more aware of the predator/prey dynamics between human beings, but it also goes to show that humans are animals as well. It’s a scary world. #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

The concept of eye rhyme from the Norton reading made me realize a new pet peeve. Why would you put words that don’t actually rhyme but only LOOK like they rhyme? That sounds like cheating to me 🫢 #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

Barely one page into Norton’s poetry reading and I’ve been pegged: I think of rap music as poetry and don’t really understand how to read poetry. I had personal beef with poetry in high school, and it made me give up on it. I’m ready to give it another chance! #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

The behavior superiors of Rome in “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” was comical to me: they are in no rush to potentially uncover an angel. It almost gives Marquez’ tale this sarcastic, satirical tone. Very, very bold, but also, very, VERY respectable. #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

A line on grief in “A Pair of Tickets” hit especially hard: forcing yourself to grieve more to assure yourself that you care and hurt as much as you think you should is incredibly accurate to my situation. It sounds wrong when it’s worded that way. #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

Reading Norton’s excerpts are so exciting because they reflect upon topics we learned about when we were younger, but dive deeper into what their purposes in creating literature are. Rather than just be a result of literature, they’re a tool to elevate literature! #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

James Baldwin’s mastery of metaphors adds so much to his stories. In “Sonny’s Blues,” his ice metaphor was sensational, both in terms of quality of presentation, and in my ability to feel EXACTLY what he was depicting. It’s powerful. #ECL220

[Karah Radcliff @KarahRadsdsu]

Wow. A horse described that way sounds like some type of monster! Thank goodness for opinions that are far more magical and whimsical than “graminivorous” with the EXACT types and number of teeth. That does not sound like Spirit the Horse that I’ve come to know and love! #ECL220