Short pieces
A sampling of interviews, articles and archived blog posts.
“What I Learned From Watching”
Archived series of blog posts where I discuss life lessons learned from watching certain films over and over again. Includes classics Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard, and Bonnie & Clyde, as well as Run, Lola, Run, Baadaaasssss! and Ghost World.
“Inside Georgia’s Real Life Lunatic Asylum”
Click below to read my article at Deep South about Central State Hospital in Milledgeville. Originally known as the Georgia Lunatic Asylum, it was once site of the the world’s largest mental institution. Scroll to the very bottom of the page to see comments from former patients and family members.
From the short film “Route of All Evil.” Photo: Jeff Pounds.
“At the Corner of Noir and Southern Gothic”
Why Southern Gothic is just noir with a southern accent.
“A Southern Gothic Tarot Experience”
Interview with artist Stacey Williams-Ng about her Southern Gothic Oracle deck and the universal appeal of the Southern Gothic Aesthetic.
“Interview with Manny Torres: Atlanta’s Beat Writer”
In this Deep South interview, I talk with writer Manny Torres about the influences of Beat literature and film in his writing, his grandmother’s machetes, and why women are the saviors of the world.
Review: Andrez Bergen’s complete Bullet Gal: Its Not you, It’s Me
My review of the complete volume of author/ artist Andrez Bergen’s futuristic noir graphic novel.
“We talk Tales of Admonishment and Astonishment with Andrez Bergen”
My Graphic Policy interview with author/ graphic novelist Andrez about his graphic novel, Bullet Gal, “sampling” pop culture, and why noir is “the best construct there is.”
“. . . POSER is a pleasure-imbued companion from page to page, with its endearing cast of the most good-hearted eccentrics in the suburban Bay Area . . . All unreal at various points. And all real by the end.”