Disaster Movies and the Collective Longing for Annihilation
The majority of the human species breathed a sigh of relief as they woke up Saturday morning December 22, 2012…
At Sea and Other Poems
He is in the water, legs kicking like horses. The water is joyous spinning around him its ribbons. The sky…
Small Love Affairs Gone: Music, Memory, Missing
I’ll admit: when I decided to give up my own music and let other people pick what I listened to…
We Shall Overcome? The Problem of Self Infatuation in Western Ideology and Conflict Resolution
Wildly popular in modern culture, the medium of film operates as a pseudo canvas upon which current and historical social…
The Bricklayer
Danny O’Toole suddenly found himself hovering somewhere between time and space; hearing conversations from people who were not there. He…
Reality is Indifferent as to Whether or Not We Believe: The Ethics of Found Footage
Chronicling the tragic death of self proclaimed ecologist Timothy Treadwell, Werner Herzog's documentary film Grizzly Man draws upon over one…
Western Flicks and the Academy Awards: The Values We Live and Die By
As long as there are movies, there will be Westerns. A love letter to a time in America when heroes…
Ode to Annelids
Here I am walking to class, bending over in my raincoat and big clunky Wellingtons, trying to balance my umbrella…
Muddy Brixton Morning and Other Poems
Deep down it hurts, Bewildering cycles and still The dreams pulsing with the rain and the people, Distant utopias mirrored…
Executioner in Chief: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Became the Head of a Worldwide Assassination Program
When Barack Obama ascended to the presidency in 2008, there was a sense, at least among those who voted for…