I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading —
It vexes me to choose another guide —
― Emily Brontë
Welcome to Portable Bohemia, a website and blog devoted to celebration of the artistic spirit and pursuit of the intellectual adventure.
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The blog features essays, reviews, rants, screeds, ruminations, and on the good days maybe a measure of insightful commentary about books, cinema, art and culture, sports, and sundry other themes and topics. Matters of politics and current affairs are taken up as conscience and honest indignation dictate.
Check out the Gallery page for photographs. For the most part I point the camera and hope something good will come of it. I like to think that sometimes it does.
Update April 3, 2020. The Events page typically lists art openings, poetry readings, and other events of interest that are not happening these days. The page will be updated with alternatives such as virtual museum tours, online concerts, and ways to engage in political activism as they come to my notice. Thank you for your patience.
Contact me if you have questions, comments, or information about upcoming events. I would love to hear from you.
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Newsletters
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August 1, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 15: family rendezvous, two brief film reviews, commentary on the passing of Bill Russell, the perilous allure of the elusive third party, what to look forward to if we suffer a Trump encore…
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July 15, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 14: book groups, Amanda (dir. by Mikhaël Hers, with Vincent Lacoste, Isaure Multrier, and Stacy Martin), running, the mysterious case of the vanishing Secret Service texts, Russian terrorism in Ukraine…
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July 1, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 13: art gallery recommendation, Cassidy Hutchinson's public testimony before the Jan. 6 committee…
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June 15, 2022 / Vol. VII, No. 12: Dardenne bros film (Deux jours, une nuit) with Marion Cotillard, Jan. 6 hearings, a defense of Joe Biden by Tom Nichols…
Poems
Adelaide Literary Magazine January 2018
Otoliths issue fifty-seven, southern autumn, 2020
Quill & Parchment
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Easy to Forget (February 2007)
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A Hard Climb (March 2007)
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Wait (April 2008)
Steam Ticket Vol. 25 Spring 2022
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