You can follow Emma on Twitter and at A Century of Nerve, and why not check out her new book House Is an Enigma, as well. It’s fantastic. Originally published at Eunoia Solstice in 2017. It’s been a privilege to read Emma Bolden’s work for a decade now and a pleasure to be continually surprised by it. On … Continue reading From the Eunoia Archives: An Interview with Writer Emma Bolden
I took John Coker’s intro to philosophy class my first semester of college and eventually took a class or directed study with him every semester for the next four years. I spent hours talking to him about music, literature, and philosophy. I still have books he gave me. I feel lucky that I was able … Continue reading From the Eunoia Archives: Coker’s Para-Philosophical Advice
I mentioned here about the original post getting views and not being sure what it was about or why people were reading it. On the original list, I hadn’t seen even one film released in 2017, but I was eager to see Get Out, which didn’t disappoint. I knew little of Jordan Peele (I’ve since … Continue reading Might as well, again. 2017 edition.
From the beginning, Twin Peaks seemed like an impossible international hit, and there’s no way the third season, The Return, could live up to every expectation. The cliffhanger ending of the second season and the seeming disregard to the characters led to rumors that the last episode was David Lynch’s middle finger extended at the … Continue reading When you get there, you will already be there: Twin Peaks: The Return
Was looking for something else and found this. We had to have cover sheets for test days and I always drew stuff like this for them. I remember one I had even earlier than this in middle school and it had a guy making a crazy face, pulling his hair, and a little bit of … Continue reading From my oldest extant notebook, early ’90s.
TJ Beitelman is a writer, editor, and teacher in Birmingham, Alabama. Since this interview he has published several books including This is the Story of His Life, which you can read a sample of if you follow the link. Beitelman writes poetry, prose, and hybrids of both. This interview was originally published at Eunoia Solstice … Continue reading From the Eunoia Archives: An interview with writer TJ Beitelman
The Jackson 5 songs are fantastic for dancing and studying the electric bass, but for life advice, they sometimes fall flat. “I Want You Back” is how I test a bass’s playability, but testing love through the “simplicity” or “easiness” suggested in “ABC” is probably a mistake. In 2012, we had our first child and … Continue reading Abecedarian–That’s How Easy Love Can Be.
One of the long haul reading projects I currently have going is Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, aka Parallel Lives or simply Lives. One of my favorite pieces is on Marcus Claudius Marcellus, in which Archimedes, one of the great mathematicians and inventors appears. While there are plenty of military anecdotes throughout the … Continue reading Do not disturb my circles: Plutarch’s Archimedes
Even the first career I dreamed about began with a movie–Jaws. I wanted to be a shark expert. Later, I wanted to be Ray Harryhausen. That began with Clash of the Titans (and King Kong, which I saw around the same time). I wanted to make stuff like the Kraken, not only the stop-motion scenes, … Continue reading A Cinephile’s Sins of the Fathers or Let’s Put on a Show!
Stephen McClurg 