Not all holidays are created equally, but there is a ubiquity about them. It is necessary, for example, to have a bright spot in the...

Early on, I was a poor learner. I really was. The sort who liked to have books around me but couldn’t get through them. It wasn’t the...

Harry Nilsson’s song “One,” most famously covered in two distinct but perfect recordings by Three Dog Night and Aimee Mann (the latter...

In the mid-1970s, when the country was in a deep malaise over Watergate, Vietnam, the failure of most of the late-60s protests, artists...

This list includes my Oscar predictions for the upcoming ceremony. The choices are not necessarily who/what I think should win, but...

It's been nice sharing some poetry with you this month. If it's not been your thing, I'm sorry. I'll be back in March with more new...

I recently completed watching two of what have been called the greatest television series of all time, The Sopranos and The Wire. The...

While during his lifetime, his work became more and more critically derided, there has been a resurgence of interest in American...

In the early 2000s, I inherited a book collection from my former theatre teacher. It was a virtual treasure trove of hardcover and...

Last week, like countless others, I was moved by the death of Michael Gambon, a British actor who did amazing things onstage and off. As...

All photographs, save the last image, appear courtesy of Steven Ross. For more information about his work, visit his website. The odds...

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing James Taylor and his All-Star Band at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham, Alabama. I’ve...

On March 28, 1997, I sat down at my desk and wrote a one act play. It wasn’t the first play I wrote exactly, but it was the first one to...

This work contemplates, albeit in a slightly deranged way, the events of protest in the United States in the years 2016-2019. It makes no...

I came of age going to the movies at the turn of the century. In 1999, I was finally old enough to see R-rated movies and my friend and I...

I get into obsessions. After weeks of reading Browning’s poetry, I’ll switch to Sondheim and there will be weeks of listening, humming,...

For the next few weeks, I'll be sharing my favorite works of art. These are not necessarily my answers to "What is the best movie/tv...