Lucretia Osborn McKleroy: “The Most Interesting Woman in the World… that you never heard of” by J.Macon King Photos courtesy of the William H. McKleroy family. Lucretia Perry Osborn […]
A(NOTHER) METAPHYSICAL MOVIE REVIEW From Robert V. Tobin DIRECTOR: David Frankel WRITERS: Aline Brosh McKenna and Lauren Weisberger MAIN ACTORS: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blount and Stanley Tucci DIRECTOR […]
Lucretia Osborn McKleroy — Personal Poetry plus Bio: “The Most Interesting Woman in the World…that you never heard of” Immortality My son, you are now a part of all that’s […]
Merits by Margery Cunningham What makes a poem good? I’ve asked around— a solid, old professor a languid drape across his lectern, shifted a bit, sloe-eyed, sputtered aphorisms and conceits. […]
Small Potatoes essay by Susanna Solomon (written in SFO, while waiting for a plane) I’m a woman of a certain age, and just recently, realized I will always be a […]
A(NOTHER) METAPHYSICAL MOVIE REVIEW Project Hail Mary By Robert V. Tobin DIRECTOR: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller PERFORMERS: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz WRITERS: Andy Weir (novel) and Drew […]
The Assignment by Susanna Solomon “Sorry You Did Not Reveal Yourself to be Human” (From a recorded message) Monday Krok put his headset down. He wasn’t […]
The Man Who (really) Fell to Earth: Philip K. Dick – The internationally celebrated Sci-Fi writer (who most people never heard of). THE DICK AND DAVID CONNECTION “Just like we […]
From Anne R. Dick’s book “Anne and the Twentieth Century” : “Richard Rubenstein (Anne’s first husband) received a modest monthly income from a property his mother owned in Quincy, Illinois, […]
Anne R. Dick’s “Total Recall”: In conversation with J.Macon King (republished and revised from Mill Valley Literary Review, Summer 2016.) JMK: Which character (in the […]
One woman’s gripping firsthand account of falling into—and eventually escaping—a female guru–led cult as she seeks her own personal awakening. Chasing Nirvana: A Seeker’s Story of Love, Loss, and Liberation […]
Book Reviews: Chasing Nirvana by Priya Hutner Review # 1 by J.Macon King “Ma was the guru, the dispeller of darkness, the one who shone the light on our inner spiritual […]
Circus of the Sun: A novel of San Francisco is MillValleyLit editor-in-chief J.Macon King’s debut novel of 1979 San Francisco’s cultural, sexual and political maelstrom. Available from Amazon. In the […]
Bonne Chance: Evening in Paris Wilde fiction by J.Macon King “I’d rather be strolling through the Montmartre Cemetery, pay my respects […]
Let’s Get Personal —with Personal Poetry Eight example poems follow essay. Many attempt writing poetry first during adolescence, filled with crushes, puppy-love, and longing. Heartfelt yet Hallmarkian tropes, one must […]