https://gabriela-de-mendonca-gomes.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Gabriela de Mendonca GomesenSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/issue-xv-loveAn issue surrounding love in all its forms.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/issue-xv-lovehttps://www.bookxi.org/issue-xiii-books-reading-and-being-readAn issue about something everyone at Book XI loves: books and reading.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/issue-xiii-books-reading-and-being-readhttps://www.bookxi.org/issue-xii-invitedA special edition of invited personal essays, short prose, and poetry, including my own personal essay.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/issue-xii-invitedhttps://www.bookxi.org/issue-10-be-careful-what-you-wish-forEdition with pieces celebrating, challenging, or demonstrating the aphoristic theme: "Be careful what you wish for"Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/issue-10-be-careful-what-you-wish-forhttps://www.bookxi.org/issue-9-invitedSpecial issue featuring invited essays and storiesSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/issue-9-invitedhttps://www.bookxi.org/issue-xiv-colorIssue featuring poems, meditations, and stories considering the nature and meaning of color.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/issue-xiv-colorhttps://www.bookxi.org/issue-11-superstitionsEdition also introduced by me focused on superstitions.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/issue-11-superstitionshttps://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/passive-voiceExplaining what is passive voice, how to identify it, and its proper and improper uses Created by meSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/passive-voicehttps://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/transitionsUnderstanding the role and use of transitions Redeveloped, reorganized, and rewritten by meSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/transitionshttps://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/paragraph-structureUnderstanding effective paragraph structure Redeveloped, reorganized, and rewritten by meSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/paragraph-structurehttps://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/literature-questionsWriting a literary analysis paper Redeveloped, reorganized, and rewritten by meSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/literature-questionshttps://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/writing-a-philosophy-paperResource for writing philosophy papers Redeveloped, reorganized, and rewritten by meSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/writing-a-philosophy-paperhttps://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/writing-about-poetryA guide to reading and writing about poetry Redeveloped, reorganized, and rewritten by meSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.hamilton.edu/academics/centers/writing/writing-resources/writing-about-poetryhttps://www.canva.com/design/DAG26hDH4F8/UmiGRJpjTHpWPw0-X-go0g/edit?ui=eyJEIjp7IlAiOnsiQiI6ZmFsc2V9fX0Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.canva.com/design/DAG26hDH4F8/UmiGRJpjTHpWPw0-X-go0g/edit?ui=eyJEIjp7IlAiOnsiQiI6ZmFsc2V9fX0https://www.canva.com/design/DAGrf7lwV90/XfwHF4K7ahQfC6Z4i24QmQ/view?utm_content=DAGrf7lwV90&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hdff22c7802Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.canva.com/design/DAGrf7lwV90/XfwHF4K7ahQfC6Z4i24QmQ/view?utm_content=DAGrf7lwV90&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hdff22c7802https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/505988/uploads/2272e056-4733-478e-bb65-a9d3274980db.pdfA writing sample excerpted from my 20,000-word honors literature thesis: “The Voices Awakened on the Rocks”: An Explication of Polyphony & Peculiar Consciousness in Georg Büchner’s Lenz.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/505988/uploads/2272e056-4733-478e-bb65-a9d3274980db.pdfhttps://www.bookxi.org/newsletter-xx-april-2026-the-abyss#/such-an-abyss-gabriela-de-mendonca-gomes“A human being is such an abyss,” Saint Augustine of Hippo writes, addressing his creator in his Confessions. The word abyss is a Greek compound of the prefix a-, meaning without, and -byssos, bottom. In Genesis 1:2, the Abyss refers to a deep watery chaos in a state of uncreation: “In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth – and the earth was without form or shape, with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping through over the waters.” Over this primordial ocean, God brings order by way of light, sky, and land: “Then God said, Let there be light, and there was light. God saw that the light was good. God then separated the light from the darkness.”Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/newsletter-xx-april-2026-the-abyss#/such-an-abyss-gabriela-de-mendonca-gomeshttps://www.bookxi.org/philosophy-and-the-loaded-gun-gabriela-de-mendonca-gomesIn Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury writes, “Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” Well, the final passage of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Scottish empiricist David Hume makes his targets abundantly clear.Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bookxi.org/philosophy-and-the-loaded-gun-gabriela-de-mendonca-gomeshttps://www.bookxi.org/newsletter-xi-endings#/silence-on-sand-gabriela-de-mendonca-gomesPicture a beach. Millions(billions?endless?) hot grains of sand building a soft yet coarse rug undulating underfoot, so thin it squeaks with each step. This rug leads us to the wonderfully cold green blue water with waves laying themselves ceaselessly onto the sand, worshiping. Behind is the verdant lush of the rainforest hills we hiked over to get here. All around, small children in colorful bathing suits making sand castles. One of them looks up from their grainy blond kingdoms and asks you, “where does the sand castle end?”Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bookxi.org/newsletter-xi-endings#/silence-on-sand-gabriela-de-mendonca-gomeshttps://poets.org/2024-ralph-doris-hansmann-poetry-prizeAn annual award administered by the Academy of American Poets to recognize excellence in poetry, awarded to me in 2024. This prize is based upon the results of competition involving 200 colleges and universities.Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://poets.org/2024-ralph-doris-hansmann-poetry-prizehttps://www.bookxi.org/issue-xii-invited#/some-words-on-death-gabriela-de-mendonca-gomesWhat is the ideal language of death?Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bookxi.org/issue-xii-invited#/some-words-on-death-gabriela-de-mendonca-gomeshttps://www.redweather.org/gabi-gomes-f22the thing about catholic school is that they teach you that god is supposed to be a reliable comforting presence that you’re supposed to feel a constant hug or something yeah no and it was way more like when your grandma...Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://www.redweather.org/gabi-gomes-f22https://www.redweather.org/gabi-gomes-s22After Rumi’s poem, “The Guest House”Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.redweather.org/gabi-gomes-s22https://www.redweather.org/gabi-gomes-f21"To find the harsh wads should not take long"Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://www.redweather.org/gabi-gomes-f21https://issuu.com/thecontinental/docs/springfinal20_/9Snow, Bean boots, and emails. What do these things have in common?Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://issuu.com/thecontinental/docs/springfinal20_/9