OFFICIAL SITE OF AUTHOR MICHAEL RICKARD

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Michael W. Rickard II

Jul 17, 2019
5 min

"Seamus Heaney: Intersecting Spaces, Intersecting Times." Part Three of Three

Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Here's part three of a paper I wrote on Seamus Heaney's poetry, focusing on his us...

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Michael W. Rickard II

Jul 10, 2019
6 min

"Seamus Heaney: Intersecting Spaces, Intersecting Times." Part Two of Three

Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Here's part two of a paper I wrote on Seamus Heaney's poetry, focusing on his use ...

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Michael W. Rickard II

Jul 3, 2019
4 min

"Seamus Heaney: Intersecting Spaces, Intersecting Times." Part One of Three

Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Here's part one of a paper I wrote on Seamus Heaney's poetry, focusing on his use ...

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Michael W. Rickard II

Jun 26, 2019
5 min

Form and Fiction: Geraldine Brooks’ “The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock”

Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard Editor's Note: I took a master's poetry class this spring and gained a better appreciation for poetr...

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