This short piece was a doctoral assignment. It is a joint response to Tracy K. Smith’s Life on Mars and Brian Doyle’s “Joyas Voladoras.” As I enter the museum, I am immediately struck by how quiet it is. It’s a weekday, I remind myself, so I probably should have expected the low-key atmosphere. I take time toContinue reading “A Conversation Under the Arch”
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Dunamis is a Book about Tyranny
In my new novel Dunamis, the universe expands. Literally. The first book, Mirrobius, touched on the fact that people can travel via shuttle to other planets, and numerous characters are from worlds other than Earth. In this new story, we actually see that play out: we see the shuttle station, the shuttle itself, and eventuallyContinue reading “Dunamis is a Book about Tyranny”
Pantomiming Pity
It’s easy to say that you care about something. It’s much more difficult to actually do something about it. This is an obvious truth, but there are many in power who have perfected the art of offering sympathy without offering anything to provide substantial comfort, let alone address any systemic issues that may have contributedContinue reading “Pantomiming Pity”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 