Anorgasmia Anxiety Black eye (result of being punched) Bleeding gums Broken knuckle Brush burns Bloody nose (result of being punched) Chest pains Chills Chipped tooth Chronic fatigue Depression Diarrhea Disorientation Dizziness Dry heaves Edema Extreme bloating Facial contusions Fat lip … Read More
Author Archives: Bob Hill
Margaret Atwood on Expository Fiction (2011)
“The hardest part about writing fiction is the part that you know you have to put in that is expository. It’s like the part in a stage play where you have to get the characters on and off the stage. … Read More
Moving On: Tradewinds
It was just past 10 am on a Saturday when the phone in Gerry Vessels’ kitchen began ringing – four straight reps directly into a greeting; loud beep, dial tone, “If you’d like to make a call …”. The cycle … Read More
Truman Capote on Being ‘Subnormal’ (1957)
“Naturally, in the milieu aforesaid, I was thought somewhat eccentric, which was fair enough, and stupid, which I suitably resented. Still, I despised school – or schools, for I was always changing from one to another – and year after … Read More
Joan Didion on Living In The World (1975)
“I’m not telling you to make the world better, because I don’t think that progress is necessarily part of the package. I’m just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not … Read More
Galleria: Hopper Drawing @ The Whitney Museum of Art
Have you ever stood in front of a towering piece of art and thought, “How on earth did he do that?” Of course you have. I mean, you’re not an animal, right? The creative process, as it pertains to any … Read More
Ingmar Bergman on Isolation (1987)
“I understand, alright, the hopeless dream of being – not seeming, but being – at every waking moment, alert. The gulf between what you are with others and what you are alone; the vertigo and the constant hunger to be … Read More
Rock-Rock-Rockaway Beach
Click through for full-size gallery. … Read More