by jeffrey | Nov 14, 2025 | Non-fiction, Real Life
You know you ought to. Perhaps you have even told yourself, say, in the evening after someone convinced you to go with them to see Shakespeare in the Park, or some classical concert or ballet—The Nutcracker or The Messiah at Christmastime, and you came home and said,...
by jeffrey | Nov 10, 2025 | Non-fiction, Real Life
Do suicides experience relief from the painful circumstances that led them to such extreme measures? What if they cross over and find it’s somehow worse than staying in their physical bodies? What if people who commit suicide actually find themselves in a place...
by jeffrey | Sep 21, 2025 | Non-fiction, Uncategorized
This is what it’s like to be an artist. You fail, and fail, and fail, and fail, and fail, and fail, and fail, and fail, and then you get it right. You have to have a high tolerance for failure, or rather, for continuing after failure. This is some kind of...
by jeffrey | Aug 31, 2025 | Non-fiction, Uncategorized
Before continuing, I want to say that looking back on those difficult years, I cannot help but think, “What a big baby I was.” Of course, in the moment, it was very real, and I cannot deny my own experience of pain and disillusionment. But I never shed...
by jeffrey | Aug 29, 2025 | Non-fiction, Uncategorized
It’s official! I am proud to announce my third publication with Radix Magazine: a review of The Long Invisible by Michael Dechane. Their summer edition has just gone live, and you can read the review here. I included several poems from the collection so you can...
by jeffrey | Aug 13, 2025 | Non-fiction, Uncategorized
Michael and I discussed his debut poetry collection, The Long Invisible. I love this book and I encourage you to buy it. I also love Michael’s heart. You will, too, after watching this video. You have to scroll down a long way. If you know how to fix that,...
