My First Time, Revisited
Sean MurphyJuly, 2015: It was my great pleasure to guest-post at The Quivering Pen, a fantastic...
Rebel’s Rebel: RIP Anthony Bourdain
I’m gutted, like seemingly everyone else in the world (for all the right and obvious...
VCLA in the Fairfax County Times
I’m very grateful for the growing excitement around Virginia Center for Literary Arts. This week,...
Original Fiction: Later, That Same Morning
Gratitude to Dash Journal, published by California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), for publishing my (very)...
The Glorious Redemption of the Great Eight
5/24/18: 20 years ago was fun, if a bit of a fluke, courtesy of some...
Philip Roth, our Priapic Piñata, is now Immortal
“Making fake biography, false history, concocting a half-imaginary existence out of the actual drama of...
The Moon is Glued to a Picture of Heaven: Ten Thoughts on Chris Cornell (Revisited)
In Bull Durham, the cranky and overachieving Crash Davis, at once in awe and envious,...
Original Poem: Work-in-Progress
This poem was written shortly after I arrived at Noepe, in Martha’s Vineyard (where the...
Original Poem: Liz Taylor’s Talents
Reviewing the trashy, lightweight *masterpiece* Hellraisers (about the assorted misadventures of Oliver Reed, Richard Burton,...
VCLA: On the Air @95.3 The River
It was my great pleasure to be interviewed as the featured guest on 95.3 The...