Words & Winking Figs
Lexy MorrowWelcome to Words & Winking Figs, a blog dedicated to figuring it out, one literary glimmer at a time. Follow for analyses, reviews, recommendations, and muses about how words can be flashes of possibility.
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Reading the 39th Most Challenged Book for Banned Books Week 2026
Introduction
Happy Fall, Friends,
What better time for the first post in my series on the Gilmore Reading Challenge? In case you missed it, I announced a few weeks ago I’d be attempting the 400+ book list from one of my favorite shows...
The Revisionist: Writing the Ending
It is a truth universally acknowledged that there are three types of stories in fiction.
Stories of conflict are those you'll likely recognize; they are the narratives where our character wants something very deeply, but an obstacle,...
Where You Lead, I Will . . . Read
Introduction
Gilmore Girls is the reason I found one of my favorite novels.
For those of you who are new here, the name of my blog comes from a piece of classic literature, one of the books that reignited my love of reading, The Bell...
5 Habits That Nurture My Creativity
Introduction
Dear Reader,
Happy September. The air is just a little chillier, the days a little shorter. And I know many of us are prepping for or settling back into the academic year. For those of you starting a new semester, I’m sendi...
You Haven’t Read That?
“[A] Book Which People Praise and Don’t Read”
Picking up a book that’s been eyeing me on my shelf, I turned over to the synopsis to find an interesting quip from the author on the definition of a “classic” piece of literature. I felt,...
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