This is why I read. And this is why I started Hardcore Literature. Why do you read? This Is Why I Read Notes from the video: Reading sharpens your empathy Literature gives a great deal of joy A book is the soul of another human being You can predict the future by reading history Reading […]
How to Improve Your Writing with Copywork (Video)
Today we’re talking about a writing exercise that will improve your craft. You can learn everything from musicality and rhythm in language to character composition and expansion of rational arguments by copying your favourite great authors’ works out by hand. How to Improve Your Writing with Copywork
Analysing William Blake’s ‘London’ (Video)
We’re talking about oppression. We’re talking about victimisation. And we’re talking about vision, prophecy, and poetry. All this by studying, analysing, and lovingly picking apart one of my personal favourite poems: ‘London’ by William Blake. William Blake’s ‘London’ Poem Analysis
Drillers are Killers (Video)
This is my educational philosophy in a nut-shell: Drillers are killers. In this short video, I discuss the mindset that helped me go from floundering to flourishing student in my final year at Oxford, how to go from dumb and mute foreigner living in Japan to being conversationally fluent, and even how I improved my […]
‘Love Among the Ruins’ by Robert Browning: Poetry Reading (Video)
‘Love Among the Ruins’ is the first poem to kick off a series of 51-poems in my favourite two-volume poetry collection by Robert Browning: Men and Women (1855). I’ll let you in on a little secret: My nerdy ambition is to record the ENTIRE poetry collection. This is a passion-project of mine and I’ll chip […]
‘Ode to a Nightingale’ by John Keats: Poetry Reading (Video)
‘Ode to a Nightingale’ by John Keats is my favourite poem of all time. I read it every few months and always find something new to fall deeply, madly in love with. Perhaps we’ll do an analysis of the poem sometime, but I’m worried. At best, picking apart the poem fails to do Keats justice. […]
Ezra Pound’s ‘In a Station of the Metro’ Poem Analysis (Video)
‘In a Station of the Metro’ by Ezra Pound is an incredibly short, but incredibly effective, representation of the Imagistic movement in poetry. This is basically what a haiku would look like rendered into English. The poem is also a perfect example of the three ways one can “charge language with meaning” and thus create […]
‘The Eagle’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Poetry Analysis (Video)
Another day, another poem analysis. This one’s a short one, easy to memorise, called ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. I only expected to read it, but couldn’t help picking apart why it’s so poignant to me too. ‘The Eagle’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Poetry Analysis What do you think of Tennyson’s ‘The Eagle’? He […]
How to Annotate Your Books for Effective Note-Taking (Video)
The question I get asked the most is: how do you mark and annotate your books for effective note-taking? Most readers are hesitant to begin marking their books, and I completely sympathise. It took me years before I realised that the sign of true love for a book, and respect for its author, is to […]
How To Start Affiliate Marketing (Video)
Quick video discussion of how to get started affiliate marketing. This is one of the main things you need to know right off the bat. We’ll discuss the intricacies and what to do next if there’s any interest. I’ll be posting more literary-focused stuff for a little while, but thought this might help a few […]