1455 AND THE POTTER’S HOUSE: WRITING RACE & RESISTANCE
Sean Murphy1455 is pleased and proud to partner with the historic Potter’s House, in D.C. (More about them and their mission, here.) For our first collaboration, and to celebrate Black History Month,…
David Roback and the Deep, Dark Groove
Not a ton of people remember Opal (actually, to remember a band, you need to have heard of them in the first place, right?). It’s a shame, although admittedly, this…
PATHÉTIQUE
You can remember what it was like: seeing the world through another set of eyes—that evening, halfway through high school, watching the snow fall outside your window. Lights out and that music…
SEAN MURPHY AND E. ETHELBERT MILLER: ON THE MARGIN AT WPFW 89.3 (Revisited)
It was my considerable pleasure to have an extended chat with E. Ethelbert Miller last week on his weekly WPFW show "On the Margin." A bit more about Ethelbert, here. Not…
That’s Why God Made Men — A Short Story
“An Obvious Truth” by Adam Lupton (Author's note: I remember reading a disturbing piece about the science behind sports-related concussions (and how, a little more than 10 years ago, the…
Happy 90th, Gene Hackman
90 years young, today. Impossible to pick the best performance from a career filled with them. But, if pushed, I'd say The Conversation is his most nuanced and impressive work,…
New World Man: An Appreciation of Neil Peart
He knows changes aren’t permanent, but change is. Taken from Rush’s most famous song, “Tom Sawyer,” this line might best illuminate the “elemental empathy” that came to define Neil Peart,…
A Farewell to the King: Neil Peart
Like, I know, many (many, many) others, it'll be impossible to succinctly or adequately convey my admiration for Neil Peart. (Full and semi-embarrassing disclosure: I wrote my graduate school thesis…
New Original Essay, “Liability”
The porch at Noepe Center for Literary Arts (2016) Special thanks to the awesome team at the (awesomely named) Exterminating Angel Press for featuring this short essay in their latest…
Original Poem, “Bud Powell’s Brain,” in new Anthology
I'm honored to have my poem "Bud Powell's Brain" included in the new anthology Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era. From the book's description: Revisiting the Elegy…