If Classrooms Are “Free of Politics,” the Right Wing Will Grow by Henry A. Giroux This article previously appeared in Truthout. It is reprinted here with permission of the author. A disconcerting number of academics and teachers in the current moment...
The Arc and the Mirror: A review of The Out of Body Shop By Nancy Mitchell MadHat Press The Out-of-Body Shop by Nancy Mitchell Reviewed by Miriam O’Neal It begins with the idea of the Past, as a body disinterred from its grave, its burial shroud unraveled, spread...
HUNGRY WORDS By R. Bremner Alien Buddha Press Erie, PA 2018 $9.89 Paperback: 62 pages. 6”x9” ISBN # 9781724991140 Review by Richard Paul Bremner’s Hungry Words takes us on a trip through city streets, suburban sidewalks, and several minds in varying degrees of health...
LUXEMBOURG by Stephen Oliver Greywacke Press, Canberra 2018 112pp., $24.95 Reviewed by Nicholas Reid Though I’ve never met Stephen Oliver in person, I’ve been reviewing his poetry for nearly twenty years and ought, in the interests of transparency, to...
INFINITY STANDING UP Capturing Fire Press, Washington, DC ISBN: 978-1-7328759-1-3, 58 pages, $10.00 Review by Clarinda Harriss It was a lucky day for me a review copy of Drew Pisarra’s stunning sonnet collection INFINITY STANDING UP arrived at my office. In two weeks...
A Hobbit By Alfred Marks Dave comes on the Cronulla Street Mall, hoping the kids will remember what day this is. The early breakfast punters are dotted under their umbrellas. Daughter Zoe likes to meet before the noisy brunch crowd fills the cafes with...
SHADES OF DISQUIET Artist Linda Ternoir Interviewed by Toti O’Brien Contributor Years ago I had the pleasure of sharing an exhibit with artist Linda Ternoir. As we both sat the gallery, conversation sparkled naturally. I immediately realized I had...
Children In Cages by J. Taylor Basker When I was four years old, I was separated from my parents in Puerto Rico and sent on an Army airplane on a friend’s lap to the mainland. The situation in P.R. had become very difficult due to the war. There were food...
Poena Damni Review/essay by Toti O’Brien Dimitris Lyacos Poena Damni (2018) (Translated by Shorsha Sullivan) Shoestring Press http://www.shoestring-press.com/ ISBN: 978-1-912524-01-3 (3 book box set, $19.95) 1. Who is the man in Z213? The...
Good Boy by Eric DePriester Stuart grazed the open bar at his high school reunion, forcing conversation long enough to catch the bartender’s eye. As he ordered a scotch on the rocks, a familiar voice struck from behind. “Stu, how the hell are ya?” It took...
A British film festival in France on the eve of Brexit, and thoughts on The Guardian’s Brexit Shorts by Fabia Chenivesse-Wong Columnist In March, the 22nd annual “British Screens” film festival was held in Nimes, a Provençal city of 150,000 souls. The...
Rainbow Parenting Is Their Choice An Insight Into The Much-Disputed Same-Sex Parenting With a Straight And a Gay Therapist, Dr. Debi Yohn, And Joe Ramirez. by Angie Ivan Contributing Writer How many times some of us haven’t wondered why a kid...
TAX TIPS FOR STARVING ARTISTS: Relax and Have Fun Claiming Your Loss by Barbara Rosenthal Contributing Columnist May 1, 2019, NYC — In the three audits I’ve had since I began filing my own taxes in 1977, I came out even in two and ahead in...
Thomas Merton and the Curious Case of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize by John Smelcer with Paul Pearson During his lifetime (1915-1968), Thomas Merton never knew that one of his poetry books had been a contender for the Pulitzer Prize. In fact, no one did....
Songs for Nora Selected by Fred Roberts Music Editor Category: Nora unsexy Song Title: Ugly Nora Artist: The Soft Boys Year: 1979 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDBxJKx3Gs Category: Very cold Noras Song Title: Nora Artist: The...
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