January 28, 2022
On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 5
Fourth Topic: Gibraltar on the Danube, 2016-2017 The city of Novi Sad, situated on the Danube, is overlooked by a vast, sprawling fortress on the…
January 21, 2022
On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 4
Third Topic: Vojvodina Almanac 2015-2016 As it is impossible not to be seduced and not to be enslaved in Serbia, an intellectual has developed into a…
January 14, 2022
On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 3
Second Topic: Union of Patriotic Citizens of Novi Sad, 2014-2015 I don’t want to make people assume I journeyed alone. In fact, what makes a…
January 7, 2022
On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 2
We bickered in the pubs over the meaning of the “Overman”, we joined together reading to one another poems and essays, essays we knew had no…
December 31, 2021
On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 1
An Introduction to the Topic at Hand The title of this article, which I borrowed and changed from a man long ago passed, is meant to explain, in a…
December 29, 2021
Dating
On a rainy night, an unknown number reached out. I was bored. I was lonely. The unexpected text felt like the spark of life or the strike of…
December 27, 2021
Wagie Life
Wake up. It’s noon. Turn over on the mattress and look at my phone. No texts, but over 40 email messages. All are advertisements for products. I roll…
December 20, 2021
Curmudgeon 4
How to convince me that you are a bad writer or speaker: “Take” preceded by fast, quick or hot. “Convo,” “conversate,” or “commentate.” “Pricing” or…
December 17, 2021
A Prayer for Richard Power
Believe it or not, many Christians come to pray that God kill them. I want no part of that theology, so please say a different prayer for me. Pray…
November 30, 2021
Three Windows
There had been a brief introduction. The girl said she was 18 (they always were) and had traveled from West Virginia to L.A. in the hopes of becoming…