Archive - Light After Rain

What the Bird Said Early in the Year

Poem by C. S. Lewis, read by Renee

Feb 19 •

Renee Kalagayan

Graduate Diaries: Lies & Ordinary Magic

Lessons from my second residency of grad school

Feb 12 •

Renee Kalagayan

November 2024

The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter

Poem by Ezra Pound, read by Renee

Nov 16, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

We Wear Our Own Wax Wings

Icarus and the societal ill of ignorance

Nov 9, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

Poem by Philip Larkin, read by Renee

Nov 2, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

October 2024

17 Recommendations for Fall

Songs, films, and stories to ring in October!

Oct 31, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

Gripped by a Cherishing So Deep

A review of Marie Howe's "What the Living Do"

Oct 26, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

samson predicts from gaza the philadelphia fire

Poem by Lucille Clifton, read by Renee

Oct 19, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

Pumpkins Screaming in the Dead of Night

A brief defense of Halloween

Oct 12, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

Poem by Robert Frost, read by Renee

Oct 5, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

September 2024

Poem by Ezra Pound, read by Renee

Sep 21, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

Lanyards & Lyricism

When what you write is weak & wanting

Sep 14, 2024 •

Renee Kalagayan

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