Author Archives: Theodora Goss

I’ve been working on a project of mine: Poems of the Fantastic and Macabre. It’s an online anthology of poetry with fantastical elements, from as far back as poetry has been written in what is identifiably “English.” It goes all … Continue reading →

I have a tendency to see things not as they are, but as they could become. Last week, I bought a chair at my local Goodwill store. It took me a while to buy it. I saw it, hesitated. Bought … Continue reading →

I decided to write this blog post because whenever I go into the bookstore, I see books on diets, most of them filled with advice that I think is actually harmful. And whenever I go on social media, I see … Continue reading →

I was thinking recently about how luxurious my life feels, nowadays. And I wondered why it felt that way. After all, I’m a university lecturer. It’s not as though I make a lot of money, or spend a lot of … Continue reading →

In the last few weeks, I’ve been overwhelmed with work, which is why I’ve gotten behind on blogging. No, overwhelmed is the wrong word — I don’t get overwhelmed with the work itself, because I’m very organized. But there have … Continue reading →

I think all writers, all artists, suffer from self-doubt. We usually think of self-doubt as a problem: notice that above, I wrote “suffer from.” Those words came out automatically, because they represent how we usually think about self-doubt: as a … Continue reading →

Recently, I read an article called “Things I Can Say About MFA Writing Programs Now That I No Longer Teach in One” by Ryan Boudinot that has been making its way around social media, prompting a lot of controversy. It … Continue reading →