Carnegie Mellon
I’ve Been Blurbed!
Remember my review of The American Side last year? Well, I’ve been blurbed in their Kickstarter campaign video! OK, sure, I’m one of few who’s had a chance to see the completed film thus far. But it is getting a theatrical release in the spring, and you can help get it onto more screens! Go […]
Poetry Review: ‘Twine’ by David Koehn
4 stars out of 5 Click to purchase David Koehn had great hair. It’s not the only thing I remember about him. We were in a fiction workshop together in college (Carnegie Mellon, in Pittsburgh). He was a year older. David was a sharp writer, and was helpful, thoughtful, and supportive in regards to […]
Movie Review: The American Side
4 stars out of 5 Spare and gritty, The American Side is modern noir with a sharp comic twist. It stars Greg Stuhr, and you might be asking yourself, “Who is Greg Stuhr?” What, you weren’t hanging around Carnegie Mellon University during the turn of the ’90s? Well, I was; what’s wrong with you? Since […]
Help Karl Hendricks
I knew the other 2/3 of the Karl Hendricks Trio—but who exactly was Karl? Drummer Tom Hoffman was a great pal from English classes at CMU; bassist Tim Parker was a really nice guy who I knew from WRCT. But Karl… hmmm…. Sure, I had the 7″ from his band Sludgehammer. Yet I don’t think […]
Mail From the Farm
December 3, back home from visiting an art gallery and a movie alone, I fetch mail from my box in the first-floor vestibule, beige brightness filling the space from the fixture overhead Quiet darkness still trying to seep in through the front door’s wood-trimmed glass. Purple envelope from the farm. Old college roommate: business degree […]
Tartans and Violets Clash
Maybe the college you attended was an athletic powerhouse. You still follow them today, via March Madness, bowl games, national TV, perhaps the occasional recruiting scandal. This has not been the case for me. However, I found myself at the “Tear It Up” women’s/men’s Division III basketball doubleheader on Friday, January 27, 2012, at the […]
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