Snail Saga, Pt. 2: Cohabitating with Tiny Corpses
When confronted with a dozen or so unexpected snails, one faces questions of moral principle one never thought one would.
Annaka Koster graduated from Calvin in 2018 with an English and history double major and is currently attending the University of Michigan in order to add an MIS to the back of her name. When she’s not reading up on metadata standards, Annaka can be found doing a sundry of nerdy things, including reading comics, playing board games, and petting other people’s cats.
My Favorite Color Is No Longer Purple
Six years later and I’m still using that toolkit at least once a month, but something has changed.
Snail Saga, Pt. 1: Carl Sagan the Ukrainian Mail-Order Snail
myhappysnails.com had assured me: “There is no smell in the place where snails live in.”
Tokyo Godfathers and the Art of the Christmas Miracle
Perhaps even more powerful than its familial themes and more impressive than its artwork and animation is how Tokyo Godfathers twists the rules of good story writing and bends them to its thematic will.
Frozen, Again
Like so many great dynasties before it, Disney’s empire is built on a chorus of tiny voices.
Second Person
After all, wounds weep before they’re healed.
X is for X
X is for kisses. X is for porn. X is your signature and where you sign.
Michigan Gods
I’m not scared of the gods that inhabit these places per se; I’m just wary of the humans who built them.
