The Black Beast Rides No More
Having an attachment to an inanimate object gives me pause, but I have such an attachment nonetheless. See, we've finally given the family transport vehicle, a 1994 black Suburban, otherwise known as...
Category: Themes
I Done Wrote Some Letters
"...letters mingle souls" - John Donne. Since I’m something of a handsome expert on everything, I’m familiar with therapeutic techniques. These are the tools that psychiatrists use to keep you...
To Pick & Choose
after the quiz, looking in a mirror, fussing with her hair waiting at the door for his walk, the dog awaits his leash our old dog runs through fields in his dreams first deep snow-- one can hear the...
In Belgrade and in love
No. 42 was once an elegant house. Its crumbling façade exuded an air or mystery and romance. As I stood on its cracked marble doorstep I felt I had arrived home. For sixty years, No. 42 was the home...
Shame and Capital
fall fresh sun beams on ceramic features of carved irony warm the deadened impulse to breathe green grass grows on the other side of the world we desensitize the cells until growth is abstract...
God, diabetes, and death in Wisconsin
A few days ago, in Wisconsin, 11-year-old Madeline Neumann died from undiagnosed diabetes. Her parents prayed over her as she deteriorated, instead of taking her to the hospital. According to most...
The Revenge: Witness to a Murder
Chloe Bradshaw is 13. She counts Darren Shan as one of her main writing influences. Her favourite subjects at school are Drama, History, and English. This is the first installment of "The Revenge,"...
Words from a Lame Man at his Pew
Here in GC land, we thought this poem was especially pertinent considering the recent brouhaha over Barack Obama's minister. Please remember to enjoy the genius of Sim Stafford responsibly....
God’s Crucible: A Review
This is a review of God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215, by David Levering Lewis. W.W. Norton. 2008 Islamic presence in Spain between the 7th and 14th centuries has long been...
Dating advice from an expert
An awkward boy is talking to two pretty girls he met at a coffee shop: can you imagine a more flinch-worthy scene? Our hero wears a red shirt that marks him as a proponent of “AIDS Day” in no...