An American Saga Set in Kyiv
What was I supposed to do, tell The Hunched Cornish about Manny Face? John Smith, January 31, 2014 KU Secret Editorial Board responds, probing issues raised and ramifications with critical…
As talk turns to Moscow, relations with The Half Guinea go from bad to worse “Will you calm that damn dog down and get its paws off my kid!” “I…
Into a basement bar not far from the barricades of revolutionary Kyiv, now world famous for its continuing political unrest, an elfin oddity in drab and distinctly military apparel has…
The Arrival I sit in a Kansas diner, looking out a grime-streaked window. I do not know what I’m doing. I am thinking of something but I cannot say exactly…
Tries taking advantage of stage with ‘Power of Three’ presentation The odd-shaped rounded figure reckons no one’s really watching him. People mill in clusters among the protest tents, food stations…
Sweaty’s mother sweeps into town to break it up, reminding her son of loftier callings The wheelchair whirs into the grieving, traumatized post-revolutionary crowd in Kyiv’s Independence Square. It is…
The Conversation How’s it going, Jack? All right, I suppose. Well, that’s good. Something weighing on your mind? Yeah. I don’t know how to put it. Everything’s poisoned. What do…
The Conversation Continues He asks me what the poison is. I don’t know precisely what he means, what he might be driving at. I figure it could mean anything –…
It’s a bright light morning in Podil. The sun is warm but the air is cold, the sky all baby-blue, clear of any clouds, not a wisp of white in…
Editorial Board leaves writings up for the record in four frames Included in This Frame: First Materials: A Pseudo Film Review of an Unidentified Director’s Work over Half a Century…