All games are child’s play. This includes the games played by adults, though not all adults who play games are childish. There is, after all, a lot of money to be made playing games, so you can’t really blame anyone who has the knack for it for devoting the best years of his life to … More Pro Ball by Fred Russell
Journalists talk and write in platitudes. This is not surprising. They are not, after all, writers. Their command of the language is limited. Their minds are commonplace. They are also not scholars or political scientists. I occasionally watch Fox News, but what is true of Fox is true of any other news organization. The ideologies … More Newsspeak by Fred Russell
a class on drama has reached O’Neill his family’s journey one night the effect it was to be withheld yet spurred me in youth a man who knew agony after reading it all of his plays followed by respect for his truth shared human frailty the hunger to avoid reality this evening I board a … More The Tragic by Craig Stormont
A debut poetry collection written by John Swain, Ring the Sycamore Sky transports the reader into a lush, primitively embalmed atmosphere of human and natural instincts. Agape at the grotesque monstrosity of love and the complex fragility of human emotions, Swain expertly weaves a rich tapestry of unusual poetic flair combined with myriad emotional and … More Book Review: Ring the Sycamore Sky by John Swain
in the halo of gay head cliffs moorings masts rise to greet the stars we thank the drunken sailors plovers and cranes we follow them here we listen to their stories drink the sailors whiskey marvel at the deep swirl of it all then strip down to sleep in the blue depth hidden from the … More Cuttyhunk by Ag Synclair
