SThalmann
Living in Kalamazoo, MI
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A 26-year-old feelance writer and research assistant from Kalamazoo, Michigan.
A 26-year-old feelance writer and research assistant from Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Education/Experience:
Bachelor's degree in creative writing from Western Michigan University, with a minor in journalism (magna cum laude); associate degree in liberal arts from Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
Bachelor's degree in creative writing from Western Michigan University, with a minor in journalism (magna cum laude); associate degree in liberal arts from Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
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A discussion of American poet Emily Dickinson's reclusive nature as a distraction from the what should be the reader's true focus on her life -- her poetry.
By SThalmann | Published 6/3/2009 | Read more »
A brief overview highlighting the Pyramids of Giza: what they were, what they were for and what they are now.
By SThalmann | Published 1/19/2009 | Read more »
Basic advice on how to safely begin running for pleasure and health.
By SThalmann | Published 1/13/2009 | Read more »
How the biblical Ten Commandments contradict the U.S. Constitution and should not be displayed on government-owned property.
By SThalmann | Published 12/10/2008 | Read more »
The current Christian conception of God has certain inherent flaws, a major one being it is self-contradictory. Hopefully this article makes some sense explaining how.
By SThalmann | Published 12/5/2008 | Read more »
Despite the current economic downturn, movie theaters in Kalamazoo, Mich., are doing business as usual, according to local theater managers.
By SThalmann | Published 12/5/2008 | Read more »
Highlights from the Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 Kalamazoo City Commissioners meeting, in which the Commission unanimously voiced their support for a new transit reform which voters shot down the next day.
By SThalmann | Published 12/4/2008 | Read more »
The Ghosts of Kalamazoo Historic Tour is a now annual event conducted by the Kalamazoo Jaycees with proceeds going to a local charity. Participants are led on historical walking tours of cemeteries and the city of Kalamazoo at night.
By SThalmann | Published 11/27/2008 | Read more »
Recent education statistics have found that women get more bachelor's degrees than men, that women study more than men and that men socialize more often. What do you think?
By SThalmann | Published 11/27/2008 | Read more »
The remarkable changes to Japanese life and religion instigated by Japan's first military defeat and occupation are undeniable. After 1945, the nationalistic and militaristic trends that grew to prominence during the renewal period of the Meiji Restoration began to reverse.
By SThalmann | Published 5/27/2008 | Read more »
The article "Fast Food & Heart Disease" by Susan Burke, from an article published on eDiets.com in 2006, is as relevant a read today as it was when it was published, if not more so.
By SThalmann | Published 5/16/2008 | Read more »
An overview on the various methods and importance of rewriting your poetry for maximum benefit.
By SThalmann | Published 5/15/2008 | Read more »
A poem about Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, et. al. originally published in WMU's The Laureate Literary Journal, April 2008.
By SThalmann | Published 5/9/2008 | Read more »
Tips on editing your poetry.
By SThalmann | Published 5/2/2008 | Read more »
An article discussing how Jimmy Fallon will be replacing Conan O'Brien on his Late Night talk show in 2009.
By SThalmann | Published 4/30/2008 | Read more »
An analysis of two themes persistent across various Japanese religious traditions: purification, rituals and charms; and religion in everday life.
By SThalmann | Published 4/24/2008 | Read more »
An analysis of two themes persistent across various Japanese religious traditions: the closeness of human beings, gods and nature; and the family, living and dead.
By SThalmann | Published 4/24/2008 | Read more »
An overview of medieval Shinto and "the Christian century" as developed in Japan.
By SThalmann | Published 4/24/2008 | Read more »
An overview of medieval Japanese Buddhism, with a focus on the Pure Land, Nichiren and Zen sects.
By SThalmann | Published 4/17/2008 | Read more »
An overview of early Japanese religion, with an emphasis on early Shinto, Buddhism and the relationship between the two.
By SThalmann | Published 4/16/2008 | Read more »
There are five major religious traditions in Japan. They are: Shinto; Buddhism; Taoism; Confucianism; and folk religions.
By SThalmann | Published 4/16/2008 | Read more »
An overview of the benefits of workshopping as a way to improve your poetry.
By SThalmann | Published 4/15/2008 | Read more »
Tips on entering local literary competitions, with an emphasis on poetry.
By SThalmann | Published 4/15/2008 | Read more »
As students go about their day begrudging their undergraduate course loads and dreading repaying their student loan interest for book, tuition and living expenses, they should remember to be thankful for one thing: that they are not an aviation major.
By SThalmann | Published 4/8/2008 | Read more »
Issues such as a lack of security in both our personal lives, such as in marital unfaithfulness, and in our professional lives, as with job security, can cause anyone to become disillusioned with the present and worried about the future.
By SThalmann | Published 4/2/2008 | Read more »
The grandmother in Flannery O'Connor's story makes the story the powerful tale that it is.
By SThalmann | Published 4/2/2008 | Read more »
An overview of the writing style of Sylvia Plath using her poem "Mirror" as a work typical of that style.
By SThalmann | Published 4/2/2008 | Read more »
T.S. Eliot's great poem "The Journey of the Magi" is about, obviously, the journey of the Magi, or more traditionally the "wise men," to see the baby Jesus after his birth in Bethlehem.
By SThalmann | Published 4/1/2008 | Read more »
This is an interpretation of Ernest Hemingway's short story, "Hills Like White Elephants," using the repetition of "simple" in the text to expose the complicated truth of the situation.
By SThalmann | Published 4/1/2008 | Read more »
A poem based on the beatitude, "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy" (Matthew 5:7).
By SThalmann | Published 3/29/2008 | Read more »
A poem that originally appeared (in a slightly different form) in Iconoclast #94 in 2007. Sorry, it isn't autobiographical.
By SThalmann | Published 3/28/2008 | Read more »
The 25th annual International Stallion Exhibition & Trade Show Horse Expo was held at Michigan State University's Pavilion center in East Lansing, Mich. March 7, 8 and 9.
By SThalmann | Published 3/24/2008 | Read more »
An analysis of Flannery O'Connor's literary novel Wise Blood as a study in religious hypocrosy.
By SThalmann | Published 3/17/2008 | Read more »
The eleventh in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 3/12/2008 | Read more »
The tenth in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 3/12/2008 | Read more »
An brief study of Stephen Crane's use of literary naturalism in his classic short work, "The Open Boat."
By SThalmann | Published 3/11/2008 | Read more »
A sonnet about a winter evening in Bronson Park, Kalamazoo, Mich.
By SThalmann | Published 3/7/2008 | Read more »
A sonnet about a winter evening in Kalamazoo, Mich.
By SThalmann | Published 3/7/2008 | Read more »
A brief opinion article outlining two reasons why amnesty should not be granted to illegal immigrants.
By SThalmann | Published 3/5/2008 | Read more »
A story written for the final project of an undergraduate geography course. Really.
By SThalmann | Published 3/5/2008 | Read more »
The ninth in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 3/5/2008 | Read more »
A small collection of seemingly coincidental experiences that have happened to me in the past few years.
By SThalmann | Published 3/4/2008 | Read more »
A short explication of David Ferry's poem "At the Hospital."
By SThalmann | Published 3/3/2008 | Read more »
A Grand Rapids, Mich. based morning radio show plays a prank on their listener's that becomes an experiment in the psychology and power of suggestion.
By SThalmann | Published 3/3/2008 | Read more »
A short explication of the E.E. Cummings Poem "l(a."
By SThalmann | Published 3/1/2008 | Read more »
A short opinion stressing the importance of not only tolerating those of other faiths than our own, but the significance of learning from them as well.
By SThalmann | Published 3/1/2008 | Read more »
A reading response to Aristotle's "science" of first causes.
By SThalmann | Published 3/1/2008 | Read more »
The eighth in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 2/29/2008 | Read more »
The seventh in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 2/28/2008 | Read more »
The sixth in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 2/28/2008 | Read more »
The fifth in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 2/28/2008 | Read more »
The fourth in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 2/27/2008 | Read more »
The third in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 2/27/2008 | Read more »
The second in a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 2/27/2008 | Read more »
The not-to-distant future if amnesty is afforded to illegal immigrants.
By SThalmann | Published 2/25/2008 | Read more »
A rhyming poem in three quatrains I originally wrote for a magazine for retired people on the theme of "Miracles" that was rejected, but that I like enough to keep around.
By SThalmann | Published 2/21/2008 | Read more »
A rhyming poem in a set of quatrains that I wrote one day in Jon Adam's American Literature II class at WMU, about letting go etc.
By SThalmann | Published 2/21/2008 | Read more »
An article on the industry "plants" that are souring the integrity of reality TV's most idolized show.
By SThalmann | Published 2/15/2008 | Read more »
A survey of Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants" as a work of modern literature, exhibiting characteristics common to writings in the modern literary style.
By SThalmann | Published 2/14/2008 | Read more »
Five lesser-known facts about the British Poet Laureate who was married to Sylvia Plath.
By SThalmann | Published 2/13/2008 | Read more »
A review of a May 2006 Discover magazine article by Douglas G. Adler, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, about apparent links between diabetes and pancreatic cancer.
By SThalmann | Published 2/11/2008 | Read more »
An "experimental poem" about always having to walk so far between classes.
By SThalmann | Published 2/8/2008 | Read more »
A poem based on a short passage in the Bible where Jesus healed two demon-possessed men by sending the demons into a herd of pigs, who then threw themselves off a cliff.
By SThalmann | Published 2/8/2008 | Read more »
A non-biographical poem (for those who wonder), originally published in The Iconoclast, issue #94, 2007.
By SThalmann | Published 2/8/2008 | Read more »
One of a series of haiku for peace.
By SThalmann | Published 2/8/2008 | Read more »
A poem about hypocrisy in the "Christian" church, originally printed in The American Dissident: A Literary Journal of Critical Thinking, issue # 15, 2007.
By SThalmann | Published 2/7/2008 | Read more »
A young researcher finds himself alone in the dark in the middle of a corn field, forced to face a situation strangely similar to one he faced as a boy.
By SThalmann | Published 2/6/2008 | Read more »
Awareness is growing among politicians and the media regarding issues of climate change. Yet are claims of man-made causes justified?
By SThalmann | Published 2/5/2008 | Read more »
How the mutual interaction between the members of the Beat Generation, the San Francisco Renaissance and Jack Kerouac helped shape their respective works and laid the literary groundwork for the future.
By SThalmann | Published 1/30/2008 | Read more »
The Navajo tale "Changing Woman and the Hero Twins" is a pristine example of archetype in ancient, and not so ancient, mythology, placing itself among a rich history of similar myths and folklore from around the globe, both secular and religious.
By SThalmann | Published 1/30/2008 | Read more »
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