Two More Poems via The Good Men Project: Marital Bliss Edition
Sean MurphyPro Tip: Marry a spouse who inspires poetry.* *For the right reasons. Thanks to my wife Heather, for putting up with her occasionally poetic husband, and for always showing me that…
March 5, 1982: John Belushi’s Bungalow
I was the ideal demographic: alive while he thrived on Saturday Night Live, old enough to catch Animal House on cable, young enough to think The Blues Brothers were amazing…
Welcome To My World
I’m Sean Murphy, and you might have heard me on NPR's "All Things Considered" or seen my name in The New York Times or The Huffington Post, among others. As a contributor to…
Two More Poems via The Good Men Project
It continues to be a pleasure and sincere honor to have several poems appear at The Good Men Project (a site and, yes, project, I wholeheartedly endorse on creative and spiritual levels).…
2/26/12: A Poem for Trayvon Martin
On this day in History: On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, an African American teen walking home from a trip to a convenience store, is fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a…
Two New Poems via The Good Men Project
It's been a pleasure and sincere honor to have several poems appear at The Good Men Project (a site and, yes, project, I wholeheartedly endorse on creative and spiritual levels).…
1455 PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH CYNTHIA MANICK, AUTHOR OF ‘NO SWEET WITHOUT BRINE’
The 1455 Author Series rolls on, and what better way to kick off this year's programming than with poetry? Even better, I had the opportunity to speak with a poet…
“The Way We Were” at 50, and David S. Ware
On This Day, 50 years ago: On February 2, 1974, a sweet, soft ballad by a 31-year-old Barbra Streisand knocks Beatle Ringo Starr down a notch on the Billboard Hot 100. Streisand’s…
Nick Cave & Empathy as the Antidote for Emptiness
Nick Cave continues to evolve into a sort of postmodern mensch, someone whose abilities and success have obliged him to dig deeper, and do more; not out of some sense…
Norman Jewison: Movies as Melting Pots
Boy has America gotten a lot of mileage congratulating itself for being a big, diverse, inclusive land of opportunity. The American Dream as melting pot, wherein our differences don't define…