Under the FableArt and WritingCreative writing and I have always had a strange relationship. My regular outlet for any type of stress relief is usually reading, watching…Oct 31, 2015Oct 31, 2015
Under the FableThe beat that my heart skipped — Allen Ginsberg’s HowlI saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness,Oct 26, 2015Oct 26, 2015
Under the FableSome Thoughts Concerning EducationJohn Locke was an English physician and philosopher and is regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Some of his…Oct 23, 2015Oct 23, 2015
Under the FableDo something beautiful before you die — The poetry of Steve RoggenbuckIf there is one thing the (mercifully few) people who know me will tell you about my personality, it’s that I love a good debate…Oct 19, 20151Oct 19, 20151
Under the FableCultural MaterialismCultural materialism undermines the idea that great literature is ‘timeless’ and seeks, instead, to recover the historical grounds of…Oct 16, 20151Oct 16, 20151
Under the FableIf I didn’t think I’d be much happier…Last Thursday was National Poetry Day, a day to celebrate everything poetic we love. Three days later, on the 10th October, was World…Oct 11, 2015Oct 11, 2015
Under the FableThings Unattempted Yet in Prose or RhymeJohn Milton lays a huge claim from the outset of his epic poem, Paradise Lost. He believed that his epic would be the first of its kind as…Oct 10, 20152Oct 10, 20152
Under the FableInterviewing Nicholas Royle on ‘Nothing Else Matters’ and the ‘Being Dad’ anthology.Interviewing an established author like Nicholas Royle, who’s been in the business for over 20 years is…bizarre. Like, really bizarre…Oct 9, 2015Oct 9, 2015
Under the Fable‘Nothing Else Matters’ ReviewNothing Else Matters is a short story by author Nicholas Royle. It is part of an anthology of short stories, by many writers, set to come…Oct 9, 2015Oct 9, 2015
Under the FableFind what you love and let it kill you — Charles BukowskiIf you walk into any reputable bookstore nowadays and head to the (most likely) minuscule poetry section, there is always one name you can…Oct 5, 20151Oct 5, 20151