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Michael Baughman Takes Us On A Powerful Journey

AN OLD MAN REMEMBERING BIRDS. Michael Baughman. Oregon State University Press. One cold and windy morning about ten years ago, I was waiting for the bus at the shopping center … Continue reading

February 10, 2022 · Leave a comment

Life, Death & Poetry

HYMNS TO THE NIGHT ROAD (Poems For Dead Parents). John Aiello. Electric Review Press. “(and)I wonder whatYou’re thinking today(as)Your eyesDart aroundThe roomLike dank mirrored spears(wondering)Where theMind goes(fecund)In clots(& waiting)To die…” … Continue reading

January 3, 2022 · Leave a comment

What’s The Catch? A Discussion of Joe Abercrombie’s Fiction

I’ve been working my way through the collected works of Joe Abercrombie over the past few months, starting with the two books that begin his ongoing second trilogy, The Age … Continue reading

May 9, 2021 · Leave a comment

Zepp Jamieson Spotlights the New Lana del Rey Album

NFR! – NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL. Lana del Rey. Produced & Co-Written With Jack Antonoff. Outlets: Urban Outfitters (Pink Vinyl Disks) and Amazon. “I’ve been tidying around in my fucking nightgown … Continue reading

October 1, 2019 · 1 Comment

In the Afterglow: HBO’s Chernobyl

CHERNOBYL. A Five-part miniseries. Directed by John Renck. Created and written by Craig Mazin. HBO and Sky-UK. In the 1980s, the Soviet Union was a nation in deep decay: not … Continue reading

June 4, 2019 · 2 Comments

David Keck’s Tales of Durand Trilogy Ends With A King In Cobwebs

A KING IN COBWEBS. David Keck. TOR. The opening line of David Keck’s final installment to his Tales of Durand trilogy is gleefully self-referential: “Kieren the Fox leaned back from … Continue reading

March 1, 2019 · Leave a comment

Buster Scruggs Puts the Best of the Coen Brothers On Display

THE LEGEND OF BUSTER SCRUGGS. Netflix. Produced by the Coen Brothers. The Legend of Buster Scruggs ain’t a good movie. That’s not to say it ain’t good; it is. In fact, … Continue reading

November 28, 2018 · Leave a comment

Deep Welles: A Review of Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil popped up on my ‘have you seen…’ page on Netflix, and I recalled that I saw the original, chopped up by ads and edited so there would be … Continue reading

September 27, 2018 · Leave a comment

Godless Recreates the Western In Stunning Fashion

GODLESS. Netflix, 2017. Written and directed by Frank Scott. Jack O’Connell as Roy Goode; Michelle Dockery as Alice Fletcher; Scoot McNairy as Bill McNue; Merritt Wever as Mary Agnes McNue, … Continue reading

September 27, 2018 · Leave a comment
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