On Inspiration
Is inspiration ephemeral or damn hard work? One writer provides his thoughts on this perennial subject.
Jewel: A Memoir
Review of author Jewel Davis’s memoir – a window into the Baby Boomer Generation.
The Human-Actor, Moments to Anagnorisis
Shakespeare had once composed, and asked Jacques to tell the literary world of a ball that was, to him, a stage.
Review of Flowers, all sorts in blossom, figs, berries, and fruits forgotten
A review of Review of Flowers, all sorts in blossom, figs, berries, and fruits forgotten, a book of poetry by Oisin Breen.
Unleavened Flatbread
The best writing advice I have ever received.
Melville’s Bartleby and Camus’ Absurdism
A close reading of both Bartleby and The Stranger highlights the striking similarities in imagery, symbolism, and theme between the two works.
Defying Psychoanalysis in Djuna Barnes’ To the Dogs and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night
To the Dogs and Tender Is the Night are two works that strive to challenge Freudian notions on Psychoanalytic methods and gender theories.
Edie on the Green Screen: Laying Down the Armor of the Invulnerable It-Girl
This review looks at Beth Lisick’s forthcoming novel and engages with how Lisick’s title character will speak to the aging non-conformist.
Review of The Group of Seven Reimagined
Editor Karen Schauber has put together a fascinating collection of literary stories, all of which were inspired by famous, historic Canadian paintings.
A review of Heather McQuillan’s Where Oceans Meet
Where Oceans Meet is a book of flash fiction stories that read like poetry.
A review of On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous
Review of Ocean Vuong’s debut novel On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous
Glory Be
A small town is on edge due to a string of brutal murders. The town’s most senior detective, Detective Lohelm is on the case.
Our Arborist
Tree limbs provide a bridge across fences dividing people.
Pasture Statues
What does the cow see behind the woman and child?
The Man Who Murdered the Smartest Man in the World
At the crossroads of faith and artificial intelligence.
What to Bring Your First Time at the Death Cafe
The limits of grieving alone.
Fernglow’s Final Equation
A physics professor attempts to end the scourge of gun violence by means of a simple mathematical theorem …
By the Strait
A work of allegorical fiction following a girl named Glauca as she navigates a world on the brink of the ocean while contending with memory and loss.
Who Killed Publishing
A literary agent struggles with how to reject a worthy author and wonders how the industry got to the point where this is the norm.
A Getaway from the Everyday
A young couple meet for their commute home on the Staten Island Ferry and discuss if joining the rat race and living an unfulfilling…
Rideshare
A privileged college student is cast into the world of the homeless where he learns valuable life lessons from the “sages” of the streets.
Base Jumpers
This piece is quick, profound and interesting fiction.
A Fitful Dream
Some sleepless ruminations
Warrior Spirit
In the spirit of William Ernest Henley’s poem “Invictus.” This poem is a call to action, a dare to face trial and overcome.
sunday mourning
temples and fragments
strewn about the clouds
What am I drunk on…
Inspired by a prompt that was handed down to me. The fact of the matter is that poetry and literature are an escape to the realities of the world.
Love in the Time of COVID
“Love in the time of COVID” is a meditation in the midst of a crisis on feelings of powerlessness and the human spirit.
the triumph of the autonomic
Addressing COVID 19.
In A Land Where You Are Not Loved
America in the Middle East
Camera Obscura
As a mixed-media artist of the outsider school my writing, whether “experimental” or lucid must stem from a place of emotional resonance.
Misandroid’s Missteps
Words drop, disconnect and die.
Yet the babbling blather continues.
making it palatable
Coffee as a metaphor for life.
I Never Knew Her
For Anne Sexton.