Fiction, Nonfiction, and Art
DC writer Michael Landweber often infuses literary fiction with fantastical elements, something I love as a reader and enjoy toying with as a writer as well. I’ve read some of his short …
DC Author Michael Landweber on his Debut Novel, “We” Read More
DC artist Matt Sesow just completed his tenth 31 Days in July project, a self-imposed painting marathon during which he completed a painting a day inspired by the morning’s news …
Matt Sesow’s 31 Days in July Project Read More
Recently, I read Philip K. Dick’s novel Now Wait for Last Year. It included a description of Washington, DC vivid enough to make me to wonder if the famous sci-fi author had ever …
Philip K. Dick Slept Here Read More
Over the past several years, this poster began showing up on utility boxes throughout the city. The image has become as iconic to DC as a BORF stencil. The image is …
DC’s Famous Face Read More
Recently, I learned an artist was painting a mural blocks away from my house in Takoma Park, MD. I tracked down the artist, Takoma Park resident and recent Blair High …
Muralist Mia Massimino Read More
Washington, DC is filled with the remnants of remnants of if emergency call boxes from a time before modern communications and the 911 system. You can see these metal skeletons and intersections …
Art on Call Read More
I learned about the phenomena of yarn bombing after someone knitted a sweater onto a tree outside my local library. More research led me to images of fabulous examples of …
Yarn Bombing in Takoma Park, MD Read More
On my drive to work each morning, I pass a house with several large metal sculptures in the front yard. Internet research helped lead me to the creator of those …
Interview: DC Artist Setsuko Ono Read More
Salvador Delvisco runs Free Art Friday DC (FAFDC), an event that encourages artists in the area to leave their work out in public areas in Washington, DC, offering it up …
Interview: Salvadore Delvisco on Free Art Friday DC Read More
Dave Housley is the author of Ryan Seacrest is Famous and one of the founders of Barrelhouse magazine. While the Sandusky scandal unraveled, Dave, a Penn State employee, wrote what I thought …
Interview: Dave Housley on his Book of Essays by Penn Staters on the Penn State Scandal Read More