by Robin Kirk | Jan 19, 2016 | featured, Robin Kirk
Heading south on I-77 the Sunday after Thanksgiving, I had what I call the Fancy Gap Dilemma. I’d been driving for many hours. A heavy mist erased the lanes. Paired with the early dark of winter, the mountains would have been invisible but for the ups and downs of the...
by Robin Kirk | Jan 6, 2016 | featured, Robin Kirk
My wonderful colleague Joy Olson, the executive director of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), posted this to her public Facebook page on January 6. It’s her account of President Barack Obama’s historic announcement on gun control on January 5....
by Robin Kirk | Dec 30, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
Sometimes, revision is just about creating new problems to fix (note empty card on Scrivener screen shot).
by Robin Kirk | Dec 18, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
I’m thrilled to announce the March 11, 2016, release of my new (and FIRST) poetry collection, Peculiar Motion. The book will be released by Finishing Line Press, an award-winning small press out of Georgetown, Kentucky. Please preorder if interested (more...
by Robin Kirk | Nov 22, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
Every Sunday evening this fall, you’ll find me clutching a cabernet in The Tavern’s back room as I watch “The Walking Dead.” Fans know this story isn’t really about zombies. What keeps us hooked is how the characters react to the zombies and struggle to retain their...
by Robin Kirk | Nov 18, 2015 | featured, Robin Kirk
BY DAVID H. SCHANZER AND ROBIN KIRK The call by politicians across the country, including Gov. Pat McCrory, to halt the admission of refugees from the Syrian civil war is a travesty. This ill-considered decision strengthens the politics of fear that ISIS spreads,...
