Essays & Poems
ReviewJanuary 19, 2026
"And Then? And Then? What Else?" — Handler
Writing at its finest draws from nature rather than ethereal genius.
ReviewDecember 26, 2025
"Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" — Lucinda Williams
Home as both an idealized sanctuary and a tangible place rooted in familiarity.
ReviewDecember 19, 2025
"One Battle After Another"
Protagonists in contrast: the driven and the drifting.
EssaySeptember 14, 2025
On Political Violence
On the tensions and blame following a political figure's death, and the risk of escalation.
ReviewSeptember 10, 2025
"A Fortunate Man" — Berger & Mohr
A photographic essay about a rural doctor, complicated by the subject's later suicide.