Four notes for an essay
by Robert Bohm
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Leni Riefenstahl’s documentaries were created to be viewed by an audience in closed theaters.
Hitler’s mass-rally appearances were constructs of words, military symbols, architectural backgrounds and nationalistic … Continue reading→
Veterans Day. Or not
By Robert Bohm
Soft purr of woman-breath
on the pillow next to me, the sound
of a slight breeze through
bulrushes by the river. I remember
a story I learned as … Continue reading→
By Victor D. Infante
2016 has been a strange sort of watershed for celebrity culture, from the deaths of beloved public figures such as Prince, David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Glen Frey, Gene Wilder, Edward Albee, W.P. Kinsella and Muhammed Ali, … Continue reading→
This Bitter Crop Hasn’t Ended
“. . . blood at the root” — Billie Holiday
for M. Brown
By Robert Bohm
You died the day
I turned 71.
Couldn’t hold on, I guess. You should’ve … Continue reading→
Awards season is upon us, and the confluence of nominations for both Best of the Net and Best Indie Lit New England being due has given us cause to review our entire past two years’ worth of work. It’s moments … Continue reading→