Comments for Rock & Sling

Comment on Call to Readers: Community Writing Project by cadahmen

cadahmen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:57:43 +0000

Absolutely going to do this!

Comment on Call to Readers: Community Writing Project by dframe

dframe — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:22:40 +0000

I’m in!

Comment on Pretty Vacant by Jeffrey Schaller

Jeffrey Schaller — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:34:37 +0000

I agree that the gun makes the story. Marcus Aurelius, though, creates the tension – what a strange bust to showcase in a honeymoon “suite”. It’s as good as placing Martin Luther in casino.

Comment on Pretty Vacant by allenrandall

allenrandall — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:41:54 +0000

The gun makes the story. EMWG: English Major With a Gun. Cool.

Comment on Pretty Vacant by Sam Palpant

Sam Palpant — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:51:33 +0000

Jeremiah,
You are a poet-philosopher, and wonderful storyteller. In my own hurried life I still find a moment to read your reflections and enjoy the brief still point when your deep calls to my deep. Thanks for writing.
Sam Palpant

Comment on Pretty Vacant by lulu

lulu — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:39:39 +0000

Ah, I feel like I was actually riding in the back seat of the corolla, except there probably wasn’t any room.

Comment on Coleridge and the Greater Romantic Fatherhood by D.L. Chandler

D.L. Chandler — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:47:46 +0000

Greetings! Such a wonderful piece from Joshua Robbins. It truly exemplifies how the typically insular life of a writer changes once they become parents and how it informs how they document the world via their words. I truly appreciate the stirring and heartfelt sentiment behind this post. Creative writing was never my strongest suit, but I’ve always been in love with the art of poetry and how much beauty can be contained in a such concise and thought out lines. Thanks for this. D.L.

Comment on A #Journalist Ponders @Twitter by Morgan Feddes (@morgan_feddes)

Morgan Feddes (@morgan_feddes) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:28:45 +0000

Thank you! I agree, social media is fantastic for staying connected. Especially for recent college grads like me who are moving every six months, it seems.

Comment on A #Journalist Ponders @Twitter by the writ and the wrote

the writ and the wrote — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:55:11 +0000

Great post. The technology today is amazing, for all the reasons you pointed out, and for the simple fact that people who would never have previously been connected are able to connect because of sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Comment on Coleridge and the Greater Romantic Fatherhood by Leonard Oakland

Leonard Oakland — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:51:37 +0000

Josh, what a wonderful evocation of both Coleridge’s frosty, romanticized midnight and the joys/demands of fatherhood as I remember them when my daughter arrived in 1969. Never have I felt so long-term exhausted! Never have I felt such exhilaration of soul (“erhebung without motion”). It was the turning point of release from the self. Adolescent self-absorption had to be abandoned; there was now someone in my life utterly dependent on my ability to show up with a milk bottle or a diaper. Marriage was a profound change, but fatherhood was transformative beyond anything I had dreamt. I’ve never been the same.
Thanks for this beautifully written piece. Leonard