10. Elle Men have been violently sticking it to women for so long that it almost seems like business as usual. But what if, in the interest of assimilating, a fiercely independent woman begins to morph into the leviathan that she … Read More
Author Archives: Bob Hill
Epilogue: The Year of Moving On
On April 5th of this year I received an email from one of my employers. This email stated that – effectively immediately – I was being let go. Budget cuts, the employer explained. And just like that, 90% of my … Read More
Moving On: The European Carousel
It is 1 PM and I am lying in bed. The windows are open and the curtains are breathing. I can hear a lawn mower, the sound of one last trim before October. I stand up and I head into … Read More
Moving On: The Acknowledgments
These are my people. Without them, Moving On would not be the series that I had set out to write. I owe each of them. Group hug: Sean Baker, Mike Beck, Megan Jordan Bennetta, Joe Boylan, Dave Brown, Jenny Chang, … Read More
Moving On: The Top 10 Posts
These are the 10 most popular installments of Moving On to date: A Murder on Park Boulevard Every Road Leads Back to Wildwood In The Cold, Cold Night The Year of Losing Dangerously Prologue: Confessions of a Teenage Cliff Diver On … Read More
Moving On: FIRE
It was the sound, and not the fire, that prompted an initial call to 9-1-1. That sound indicated a chain reaction – ba-Boom! followed by a car alarm from up the street. The boardwalk shook. Any hanging plant life rattled. A … Read More
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“People in your life can be threatened by your intense concentration; your complete immersion in what you’re doing: ‘My true wife is my movie, not you.’ ” Brian De Palma, Excerpted from De Palma (2016) IFB’s Quotations Page, General Index
They Came Early, They Stayed Late
On August 8th I suffer what can best be described as a complete physiological break. Among my peers, I am eager to write this off as a hangover – the ill effects of an 18-hour binge that included one bottle … Read More
Moving On: And Then There Were None
It is around this time – the second week in June – that the Irish begin arriving for the season. One can see them along the promenade, wandering 12 people deep, as if in a scrum. The females have fair … Read More
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“Everybody likes to think this idea that we’re, like, born done.” – Ethan Hawke, Excerpted from Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast (2016) IFB’s Quotations Page, General Index