Some of the Things Toni Morrison Means to Me
Sean MurphyI’m not certain if it has anything to do with what you study in college,...
Melville at 200 and, of course, Moby Dick
Herman Melville is not only, arguably, our most American author; he is America. Author of...
Funeral for a Friend
Life is strange. I had a wonderful day today: I cleaned, I cooked, I took...
The Long Way Home: July 28, 1979
This is the first essay in my second collection of non-fiction, Murphy’s Law Vol Two....
1455’S TEEN POETRY CONTEST: THE WINNERS AND THEIR POEMS
2019 Summer Literary Festival Teen Poet Contest Awards Grand Prize ($500 Award): Taylor Fang, “Solstice,” “Prehistory”...
Rebel’s Rebel: RIP, Anthony Bourdain (One Year Later)
What a sad anniversary. Still, it seems selfish, even ungrateful, to lament all the amazing...
Bill Buckner, Mookie Wilson and Me (Revisited)
October, 2011. I’ve never been able to appreciate the aesthetic perfection (that is to say,...
Murphy’s Laws: 49 Infallible Observations on the Occasion of Turning 49
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” That, from the ever-quotable Oscar Wilde....
Every Day is Mother’s Day (Revisited)
I’m fortunate, in a sense, to be the type of person that gets more sentimental...
National Poetry Month #20: Charlie Mingus’s Miracle
April, according to this poet, is the cruelest month. April, according to these lovers of poetry,...