romantic fiction – SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES

by M. Bijman July 31, 2015 0

Hausfrau, by Jill Alexander Essbaum – A Modern Parable with Switzerland Substituted for Moral Subtext?

The lead character in Hausfrau, “Anna Benz”, must be one of the most disagreeable people I have had the misfortuneContinue Reading

Questions to Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I attended your Symphony in August and was moved to tears. I think of you and your family often. Will you write us a poem about how much you love Susie? September 10, 2019

View ArticleDear Hannah, WIFE WITH EYES CLOSED She sleeps and dreams to be before She seems to go there more and more She turns her back but not with any malice She says she dreams of beasts run wild That circle around a rainbow child Cavorting through a many-roomed palace And sometimes a black witch flies... The post I attended your Symphony in August and […]

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Art of the Title – Review of Film Title Sequences

The Exorcist (1973) August 31, 2019

“I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps.” — Demon The Exorcist was not your average blockbuster film. Called “the greatest horror film of all time” by many, it has remained unparalleled in terms of its initial reception, its cultural impact and its subsequent adoption into the American film canon. With a worldwide gross of over $440 million, countl […]

Good Omens (2019) August 9, 2019

“I didn't mean to fall. I just hung out with the wrong people.” — Crowley In the beginning was the word. But Aziraphale and Crowley were there, too. Soon there were also fruit-bearing trees and enormous stone cherubs, phone booths and spaceships, and people – so many people – all marching together on a bizarro pilgrimage toward their doom. This is the p […]