Great Artists Steal: How Artists Really Get Their Ideas by Debra N. Mancoff pulls back the curtain of what art was, is, and can become.
Ecclesiastes was Right
Category: Articles
Disaster, Evil, and Moral Truth in Henry James: Genotiva’s Analysis
Examining David Genotiva’s analysis of Henry James’s literary works, focusing on how Genotiva interprets James’s treatment of moral disaster.
AI and The Future of Creativity
Will AI make all writers, artists, poets, and story tellers obsolete? Do creative people need to stop using AI?
Review of Pitfall by Terry Kirk
A review of Pitfall from Terry Kirk. Reviewer Mitch Toews, hosted Ms. Kirk’s launch during Plume Winnipeg’s annual literary festival.
Interview With Jude Neale
I had the great pleasure of being able to interview the very prolific poet, Jude Neale, who is on the cusp of publishing And Now There Is Me.
Breaking the College Mold
Do we want institutions to focus on individual status, or to prioritize society progressing and students’ well-being? The answer matters.
Letter to Marjorie
This is a short article in the form of a letter to Pulitzer Prize winner Marjorie Kinnan Rawlins.
I’m Finally Writing about Karl Ove Knausgaard
How Karl Ove Knausgaard’s latest work stacks up against his greatest hits.
The True Story
A critical view of the popular “nonfiction” essay type, magazines and places where it appears, and the book version known as the long walk.
Flash Fiction
What is flash fiction? A brief history and guide to current trends.
Mississippi Prisoners Tell Their Stories
A review of Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison.
Searching for the Dark Other Side: A Review of Lindsay Hill’s Tidal Lock
A book review of Lindsay Hill’s new novel “Tidal Lock” from McPherson & Company, published November 2024.
The Lucky Chops
The Lucky Chops is a unique brass band. They play funky jazz/rock tunes and often play the New York subway platforms.
Review: Endearing Species
The fiction starts with the citation of reasons for the migration of the Nepali speaking people from the Plain areas to the hilly ones.
The Pulitzer Prize Winner
A review of the two memoirs by Frank McCourt; “Angela’s Ashes” and “Tis.” These were moving accounts of his upbringing in Limerick, Ireland.
Sex, Fascism, and So Forth
A book review of Master Lovers from the small press Outpost 19 in San Francisco.
Modernist Poetry
Modernist literature is characterized by a break with traditions of literary subjects, forms, concepts and styles.