Raymond Carver
Captain Marvel-less
Recently I had a dream that I could fly. This isn’t an unusual dream, though […]
Not Ideas About Love But the Thing Itself: A Review of Birdman< …
This is the epigraph that shows in the opening credits of Birdman, and it’s also the real-life epitaph on Raymond Carver’s tombstone. It serves as a good starting point for a movie that basically seconds as an adaptation for Carver’s famous short story, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” But it’s also a good starting point for Riggan Thompson (Michael Keaton), aka “Birdman,” ex-superhero-of-the-nineties, awash in irrelevance amidst a bigger, newer wave of Marvel stars.
Short Story Wednesdays: “Where I’m Calling From” …
If Alcoholics Anonymous really is a model for the Church, then Raymond Carver has some […]
“Cathedral” Part Three: What Happens When It’s Okay …
For Part One, click here. Part Two, here. Grace has entered, and the bitterness of […]