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A short story I wrote in December: "Grace's Feel For Pain." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

Reading, Writing, Speaking - Samuel Johnson responds to Francis Bacon. Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

Thursday, February 27 2025 Triades, mirroring, payoffs, and voice: Francis Bacon's "On Studies" (1625). Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Nature imagery, sensory details, and subtle but effective transformation in Seamus Heaney's poem "Digging." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

Psychological insight, allegory, and soul-anatomy in C.S. Lewis's novel about hell Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A meditation on Gerard Manley Hopkins's "Pied Beauty." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

Sunday, February 23, 2025 Acrostic poetry, thematic resonance, and imagery: a meditation on Psalm 34. Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A reading of my short story "Amazing Grace" Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A reflection on Wordsworth's ascent of Mt Snowdon Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

Another reflection on Viktor E. Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A meditation on Hopkins's "Duns Scotus's Oxford." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A meditation on the appearance of Marley's ghost in Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol." Reading: the appearance of Marley's ghost Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A meditation on the opening soliloquy of Shakespeare's "Richard III." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A meditation on Psalm 42. Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A reading of my short story "Uniform." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A meditation on two readings from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." Reading 1: Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth. Reading 2: Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth recount their falling in love Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A reflection on Frankl's "Man's Search For Meaning." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A meditation on Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A reflection on Gerard Manley Hopkins's "As Kingfishers Catch Fire." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A reflection on the ending of David Mitchell's "Black Swan Greene." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A reflection on Gerard Manley Hopkins's "Inversnaid." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

A reflection on Psalm 91. Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe

February 8, 2025 We look at the beginning of Dickens's "Bleak House." Get full access to Talk Write at brandoncookwriter.substack.com/subscribe