by Robin Kirk | Nov 4, 2018 | Robin Kirk
The Bond release is officially less than a month away. It’s exciting, terrifying, and lovely in equal measure. I’ve been writing this book for over a decade (and also the two books that follow in The Bond trilogy). These characters and creatures have had...
by Robin Kirk | Sep 6, 2018 | featured, Robin Kirk
I will say this for the Department of Motor Vehicles: everyone suffers. When I’ve had to visit one of our state’s 113 drivers license offices, I’ve noticed how every element seems designed to diminish us. You might be a multi-billionaire or just out of prison (or...
by Robin Kirk | Aug 20, 2018 | Robin Kirk
Thanks to Sarah Foil for hosting The Bond cover reveal on her blog! The book will be out in early December from Blue Crow Publishing.
by Robin Kirk | Jul 27, 2018 | featured, Robin Kirk
With summer vacation in full swing, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes an ideal vacation. First, it’s important to determine which side of the vacation divide you’re on: familiarity or novelty? There are those (and I’ve been in this camp) who return to the same...
by Robin Kirk | Jun 16, 2018 | featured, Robin Kirk
Two summers ago, I spent a month in the Kentucky Knobs without a map. The Knobs horseshoe around the Bluegrass just south of the state’s northernmost tip. Unlike those gentle rolls, the Knobs are a ring of hills, or monadnocks. I was staying in a farmhouse near the...
by Robin Kirk | Jun 16, 2018 | featured, Robin Kirk
Sometimes, a newspaper article can have surprising repercussions. Last fall, I ignored the spate of coverage of a self-help idea called “Swedish Death Cleaning.” As I now know, Swedish author Margareta Magnusson advised the middle-aged to de-clutter their lives so...
by Robin Kirk | Jun 16, 2018 | featured, Robin Kirk
Just so we’re clear, I might have made the wrong decision. It was a chilly day as I headed out to meet a friend to walk around Duke’s East Campus. At a Broad Street intersection, I was blocked by a stream of cars whose drivers had not a single fleeting thought of...
by Robin Kirk | Jun 16, 2018 | featured, Robin Kirk
One evening, I returned home to find the kitchen covered in severed fingers. Green ones. I mean, that was my first impression. But the fingers were far too stubby to be human (perhaps a toddler ogre?). A selection of pots, tins and cups crowded the countertops. When...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 19, 2018 | featured, Robin Kirk
Where would you go in a nuclear attack? This is a question I hadn’t thought to ask myself until recently, with two madmen publicly measuring the sizes of their … buttons. But there it is. This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – normally...
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.
