By: William T. Hathaway The presidency of Donald Trump is going to be a slap in the face of American workers that will wake us up to the reality of social class. […]
Fight back or go under
How to Live Life Without Any Conditions
By: Tiana Lavrov Schizophrenia — the dichotomous construct of unitary, discrete psychoses originated in 19th century German apologist psychiatry — arising in the fledgling German Emil Kraepelin; student of neuropathology and experimental psychology […]
Transformation
By: Gaither Stewart “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw Change is a word that both intellectuals and the intelligentsia of America are discussing in these times. […]
Traversing the Expressible: Stories of Death and Desire
By: Ilgin Yildiz Death and desire are inexhaustible themes in literary works, and short story as a brief literary form, allows for condensed and layered philosophical and psychological explorations. This essay will deploy a […]
Indifference
By: Gaither Stewart Indifference is an American-European story. As French chansonnier Serge Gainsbourg sang of his love for Brigitte Bardot: “What does the weather matter, what matters the wind? Better your absence […]
A Good Samaritan and the only lasting democracy
By: Chuck Orloski All human beings can recall times when they (selflessly) helped an anonymous “someone” in either dire need or in trouble, and felt good? Upon reflection, approximately four years […]
Loyalty
By: Gaither Stewart The quality of loyalty has played an important but perplexing role in my life, both positive and negative, which for many years has prompted countless nocturnal ruminations about the […]
Palestine—Hymn OR Dirge
GATE OF THE SUN– A Novel by Elias Khoury By Gaither Stewart (Rome) On this hot Italian late afternoon, after over a week inside the literary work entitled Gate of the Sun, […]
Innocence
“Нужно иметь сердце, чтобы понять!” (One needs heart to understand) By Gaither Stewart (Rome) In his novel, The Idiot, Dostoevsky wrote that beauty can save the world, admitting however that “beauty is […]
The Beautiful Pocono Mountains and the Beloved of Allah
By: Chuck Orloski Late Friday evening, July 15, I tuned into CNN and learned about the astonishing Turkey military coup attempt. In awe, given Turkey’s key strategic NATO membership and its hard nosed […]
Literary Yard 