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Back In America
A reflective work of nonfiction that muses about political apathy, while contemplating if mass protests can influence actual change… I arrived back in Seattle following…
School, Interrupted
Frustrated that excellent teachers are overwhelmed, and students who yearn to learn are discouraged, a teacher ponders the distressing effects of disrupted learning in schools……
Three Poems by Jessica Fischoff
These poems by Jessica Fischoff capture fragments of experience as they rush by, changing and transforming before our eyes: “…Blue/ is red is a pointed…
The Cassandra Syndrome: Prediction, Uncertainty, and Fear of (Climate) Change, Part Three
The third installment of a ten part series which considers the warnings of climate scientists in the context of historical revolutionary scientific theories that met…
Two Flashes: The Women On The Train & Coffee
A pairing of flash fiction stories where human interaction is laden with tension, eagerness, and a yearning for authentic affection… by: Nik Perring1 The Woman…
The Cassandra Syndrome: Prediction, Uncertainty, and Fear of (Climate) Change, Part Two
The second installment of a ten part series which considers the warnings of climate scientists in the context of historical revolutionary scientific theories that met…
Christian Niedan’s History Storytellers — Part Twelve: The Interviewer
The final installment of a twelve part series, recounting and expanding upon an array of interviews with an assemblage of historians and history-infatuated filmmakers. The…
The Cassandra Syndrome: Prediction, Uncertainty, and Fear of (Climate) Change, Part One
The first installment of a ten part series which considers the warnings of climate scientists in the context of historical revolutionary scientific theories that met…
Welcome To The Party Pal — Twenty Episodes In
A look at the eclectic mix of offerings from Welcome To The Party Pal: The Mind-Bending Film & Television Podcast You Didn’t Know You Needed…
Christian Niedan’s History Storytellers — Part Eleven: The Dualist
The eleventh installment of a twelve part series, recounting and expanding upon an array of interviews with an assemblage of historians and history-infatuated filmmakers. The…
Two Poems by David Dodd Lee
Reading these poems by David Dodd Lee is to enter a world that is both comfortingly familiar and disconcertingly strange. That is, to read them…
A Forgone Conclusion
A bewitching, ominous pastoral comedy that draws you into the orbit of a cursed, embattled family… by: Jeff Schneekloth “I‘ve had it with these…
For Your Consideration: Vice
The case for Adam McKay’s Vice to win Best Picture at the 2019 Academy Awards… by: Douglas Grant Before 2015, many knew Adam McKay as…
For Your Consideration: If Beale Street Could Talk
The case for Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk to win Best Picture at the 2019 Academy Awards… by: Maggie Sachson Something fascinating happened…
Podcast: A Night At The Garden with Marshall Curry
Across The Margin: The Podcast explores the poignant work of noted documentarist Marshall Curry, particularly the chilling, Oscar nominated short “One Night At The Garden”……