by Warren Gaston | Oct 19, 2019
In 1969 America experienced the thrall of two Greek gods at play on the stage of our national psyche. One at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and one in upstate New York. The first event happened on July 19, when a rocket named after the Roman god Saturn blasted...
by Warren Gaston | Oct 15, 2019
If I could spend an afternoon with any 19th century American poet, it would be with the incomparable Emily Dickinson. I picture us sitting in her sunlit Amherst flower garden drinking tea. This woman in her white dress had a huge and hungry mind. I could learn so much...
by Warren Gaston | Sep 30, 2019
Three days after the creation of animals, and two weeks before the fall, at the primordial sundown meal they called supper, after playing with cats that had never been kittens and thinking up names for the owl and the dog, Eve and her man Adam played a fantasy game...
by Warren Gaston | Sep 24, 2019
I have wonderful friends who suggest good things for me to do. They say, there’s a movie you should see. I probably should. But I probably won’t. They say, there’s a restaurant you should try. I probably should. But I probably won’t. They say, I’ve read a book. You...
by Warren Gaston | Sep 18, 2019
A man staggered drunk on opulence, covered in dust – gold sham. He was very poor and owned nothing but toys. A double fabricator, he made fake counterfeits which people loved – unreal. Raised in a house of mirrors, he saw little but himself, which rendered...
by Warren Gaston | Sep 14, 2019
We were walking through a forest. You ducked under the trunk of a fallen tree. You came up too soon. You whacked your head. A bloody cut where hair used to be. I should have stayed low longer, you said. I should have stayed low. ...
