Fiction, Nonfiction, and Art
Originally published in Dirge Magazine 7/1/16: Roald Dahl’s tales for adult audiences are so violent and raunchy they will make you question how he’s allowed to simultaneously occupy the children’s …
The Wicked Roald Dahl: The Beloved Children’s Book Author Wrote Plenty to Hide from the Kids Read More
Trina Merry created a series of striking images of models camouflaged in with local D.C. landmarks. Here, she talks more about her visit to D.C. and her unique work. On …
Trina Merry and the Fine Art of Bodypainting Read More
In 2005, I accompanied a team of paranormal investigators as they looked for ghosts at The Antietam National Battlefield. The resulting article appeared in The Frederick News-Post. Seeing as it’s the week …
Civil War Ghosthunters Read More
I rebelled by being conventional, by NOT going to art school. The product of three generations of visual artists, I studied Political Science, then moved from California to Washington, D.C. for …
Why Visual Art Keeps Invading My Fiction Read More
Earlier this month, The Strand Magazine editor Andrew Gulli made headlines around the world after announcing he’d found a portion of a previously unpublished F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. This latest find is …
Andrew Gulli on Hunting Down Lost Works from Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, and Other Masters Read More
I met Clarke Bedford as he readied his steampunk art car, Vanadu, for the Takoma Park Fourth of July Parade. Bedford invited me to his home in Hyattsville, MD which, …
Clarke Bedford on Art Cars, Humor in Visual Art, and Comfort in Nonconformity Read More
Thyrza Segal became internet-famous for painting monsters into artwork she found at thrift stores. She’s also built costumes for television, created polymer clay aliens, and painted nudes into scenes of …
Thyrza Segal on Adding Monsters to Landscapes, Creating Creatures, and Other Twisted Works Read More
Over the past several years, Rania Peet was the creative mind behind the large-scale sculptures on display at Silver Spring, Maryland’s The Haunted Garden. Nosy neighbors and legal rigmarole shut …
Haunted Garden Artist Rania Peet Read More
Twenty six years ago, Ken Kesey gathered thirteen students, most officially enrolled in the University of Oregon writing program, others not, to write a collaborative novel in one academic year. …
What I’ve Learned From Ken Kesey and His Students Read More
During the academic year of 1987-1988, Ken Kesey taught a graduate-level creative writing class of thirteen students at the University of Oregon. He charged the group with producing a full-length …
Robert Blucher is O.U. Levon: Kesey Co-author Remembers the Value of Collaboration Read More