by Robin Kirk | Dec 17, 2017 | featured, Robin Kirk
There’s a not-so-secret society that could include someone you love – or you. We have no badges or special handshakes. But we do have a meeting time: Tuesdays on NBC at 9 p.m. EST. Or via Hulu, fans waiting expectantly for the latest episode of “This is Us” to load....
by Robin Kirk | Oct 5, 2017 | featured, Robin Kirk
When he was a boy, my dad received a marvelous gift: his father’s own boyhood rifle. It’s a beautiful object. Burnished wood stock, a thundercloud-grey barrel. After my dad died, it was the one thing I really wanted. At this moment – 2:45 a.m., cat stretched beside me...
by Robin Kirk | Sep 27, 2017 | featured, Robin Kirk
Thrilled that my poem, “Imperator Furiosa posts a status update,” was included in this great anthology by Lost Horse Press.
by Robin Kirk | Sep 11, 2017 | featured, Robin Kirk
I have sort of a pet peeve. Kind of annoying, to be honest. I seem to be obsessing about it more than usual, as I write this, while the summer heat descends. These three phrases – “kind of,” “sort of” and “seem to be” – have become the frayed edge of the...
by Robin Kirk | Aug 24, 2017 | featured, Robin Kirk
One freezing Boxing Day, my kids and I watched the extended editions of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy in sequence, with bonus material (how the armor and swords were made, cast hijinks, CGI amazingness) added in as needed. Our marathon lasted over 16...
by Robin Kirk | Jul 8, 2017 | featured, Robin Kirk
A little secret about apocalypse stories: they’re rarely true to the cataclysm you are experiencing in real life. Very few of us get off this Earth without experiencing at least gradual disaster, if only aging bodies. In stories, writers carefully craft the moment...