Gay Life in Menacing Times

A Pride Month commentary on Robert W. Fieseler’s eye-opening American Scare.

Going Rogue

Why do so many of today’s fictional detectives embrace the dark side?

In Verse Veritas

Why poetry is the enemy of myth.

Don’t Trust — Just Verify

Those AI-powered search engines can lead you down the garden path.

Pain Is Not the Opposite of Pleasure

A close reading of Garth Greenwell’s Small Rain.

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

…To write to your favorite author!

A Friendship Like No Other

Recalling Tom Stoppard’s longtime bond with composer André Previn.

Our River Runs Through It

How the Potomac helps tell the story of DC.