Monthly Archives: November 2015

One Week in a Sabbatical

I’m fortunate enough to be on a one semester sabbatical this Fall. But, it’s rapidly coming to an end, so I’m starting to look back on it. Here’s a typical week. My upcoming week. Monday: Doctor’s appointment. It’s an hour and a half one way from my home. Should take me from 9 a.m. toContinue reading “One Week in a Sabbatical”

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Happy Birthday, William Blake

Today would be the 258th birthday of the British poet and printmaker William Blake. If you’d like to explore some Blake resources on this website, check out the online gallery for the Blake in the Heartland exhibit and my page of Blake resources, which has a PowerPoint on Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and HellContinue reading “Happy Birthday, William Blake”

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Cycles of Retributive Violence

My sympathies are with France, the residents of Paris, and with everyone who suffered loss after yesterday’s horrible violence. On 9/11, I was a graduate student at Drew University teaching my first section of Freshman Composition there. Drew is located in Madison, New Jersey, about 30 miles due west of downtown Manhattan. Since it hasContinue reading “Cycles of Retributive Violence”

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Updates on Publishing…

First, if you ever see any of my poems disappear, that’s because I’ve submitted them for consideration to a venue that does not consider work published elsewhere. If they’re accepted I will provide links to their new venue, and if not, I can make them visible again. Next, my latest review has recently gone liveContinue reading “Updates on Publishing…”

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