Talking Trauma, Toxicity, & ‘This Kind of Man’
Sean MurphyA Q&A with LA Wire This collection of stories has a well of insight and depth into the deep-seated trauma of many of the men living in the United States…
The Problem with the Homeless Problem
i. A question. Who was he? I think the same question each time I see him (once a week, sometimes more often): the same man in the same spot, holding the same…
Countervailing Forces
Since there are no coincidences (but maybe Fate, Irony, & Karma high-five at times) this poem, written a while back (during—without putting too fine a point on it—a time when…
Q&A: How Sean Murphy Sees Story
It was my extreme pleasure to chat with Sarah Trembath for Some Things Considered (Season 1, Episode 5), as she and I have been in conversation on a number of…
Annual Labor Day Rant: Unpaid Internships are Evil
i. First off, with very few exceptions, unpaid internships are immoral and disgusting. Any business, especially a multi-million-dollar tech behemoth, that justifies not paying interns is evil. But because the “good guys”…
On Broken Heels (x 2)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: Muscian Sonny Rollins arrives at the 34th Kennedy Center Honors held at the Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 4, 2011 in Washington, DC.…
On This Day, 1979
Chicago police disperse crowd in center field of Chicago's White Sox Park after hundreds of disco records were blown up between games of a double-header between the White Sox and…
Original Poem: Gen X Exegesis
Where are my #GenX at? This one's for you. It's also for those older and younger than us, who are either confused or impressed or, hopefully, inspired by our resilience…
I’ve Got Questions for Sean Murphy
I'm a big fan of Cliff Garstang, the author and person: in addition to being a super prolific, gifted writer, he is an integral part of the literary community, helping…
From Writer’s Digest: Primer for Helping—and Tolerating—Your Annoying Artsy Friend
Having been an avid reader, and subscriber, to Writer's Digest for several decades (going back to a pre-internet world where the entirety of our options, as aspiring writers, could be…