Musings on love, philosophy, and biology.

What does the poet Ovid, author of the Metamorphoses, say about lovesickness? Find out in this satirical guest post by an annonymouse Muse contributor!

A banquet of song and dance, Ibrahim Jabbar-Beik (1923-2002). There’s an unspoken guilt that has been looming over my family since the internal conflict began in Iran. My mother was one of the lucky people in her family that fled Iran before the oppressive powers became unbearable, and it is a source of pride for her. Leaving her third-world country to build a new, more accomplished life in Canada. She hasn’t spared me a day without reminding me of the sacrifices she made to

fotoblend. Nostalgic photographs. Pixaby. 2022. The yearning for the past, even for a time that did not hold especially fond or significant memories, is very common, especially in an age where the present seems to be regularly in decline. Nostalgia is a complex emotion and has been consistently seen as a dysfunctional disorder, previously having been seen as a disease in the 18th and 19th centuries, a psychiatric disorder in the early 20th century, and a form of depression by