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Parmenides in the Panhandle

Eric Apr 20, 2020 Joshua Tree NP, Oklahoma, Parmenides, Philosophy

I have not read Proust (although Swann’s Way is a paperweight for me just now, trying to flatten some poems whose edges can’t help but curl up), and so don’t

Celebrating the Abusive Father

Eric Jan 08, 2018 Abuse, Abusive Male, Brie Larson, Denzel Washington, Fathers, Fences (film), Film, Hollywood, Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree NP, Naomi Watts, National Parks, The Glass Castle, Viola Davis, Violence, Woody Harrelson

The Abusive Fathers of Fences and The Glass Castle Fences (2016) and The Glass Castle (2017) are two recent examples of beautiful, emotionally charged filmmaking. Both focus on the troubled and