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The launch date and party for Beach Pulp, the anthology in which my short story "Moonwalker" appears, have just been announced! I'm very excited for this event and cannot wait to meet, in person, the other writers and artists who have contributed to this project! A big thank you goes out to Nancy Sakaduski, founder... Continue Reading →
The crumpled aluminum fuselage of a WWII era submarine bomber impaled the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts' courtyard. The fifteen-story red brick school, a block from the gothic spires of City Hall, looked down upon the staged tragedy, but not with the horror one would assume. A scattering of students ate breakfasts, drank coffee, and... Continue Reading →
There are times when deadlines, the uncertainty of change, an onslaught of communications, and stress converge, descend upon us suddenly making our lives seem chaotic. Sitting in Rehoboth’s Coffee Mill, I wrapped up an email to a young teacher feeling excited yet overwhelmed by the demands of preparing for a new school year. She felt... Continue Reading →
Author Stephen King believes a good book should engage its reader on different levels, so much so the reader will read the book twice. I found a particularly engaging YouTube video of King addressing a Master's Class at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell in 2012. During part of his presentation, he spoke about how the... Continue Reading →
This is a transcript of the narration for a short video I put together about the World War II Memorial after visiting Washington, D.C. in June of 2017. Visit my Facebook page if you would like to view the video: www.facebook.com/dcwriting.dcooper/. The National World War II Memorial honors the contributions of over sixteen million members of... Continue Reading →
This is the transcript of the audio narration for the previous video. My father, a member of the .918 Printing Club, demonstrated graciously how a platten press from the Industrial Revolution was used to create a page of text. ________________________ We’ve all wanted to take hammers to our desktop printers from time-to-time, smash them to... Continue Reading →
Tobie is approximately one hundred and eleven years old. No one really knows his human age, because he is a fifteen and a half year-old dog (human-to-dog-year conversion ratios vary). My wife and I do know Tobie has become quite wise through his life of travel and intense introspection. Here are some of his most poignant... Continue Reading →
Creativity inspires creativity, and Alexandria, Virginia’s Torpedo Factory churns out inspiration as much as it does creative expressions of the human spirit. This artists’ cooperative-- three floors of studios, galleries, and installations housed in a repurposed torpedo production facility-- inspires unique ideas, new perspectives, and encourages artists of all mediums who pass through its doors. ... Continue Reading →
Tim O’Brien weaves a collection of character-driven vignettes related thematically by the Vietnam War yet more powerfully through characters’ sentimental items, emotional baggage, and trauma. These “things” help create powerful character profiles evolving into stories within themselves, and the connections between stories at first seem rigid and chronological until O’Brien ties suddenly several story threads... Continue Reading →
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