The Photographic Moment: On Kate Palmer Albers' "The Night Albums"
“Breathe normally,” the nurse says to me.
StudyMe: The Art of D. Black and Survival Strategies of a Black Artist in Cleveland
Some of my most cherished conversations are with the artist Donald Black, Jr., also known as D. Black.
Point of Reviəw: At 90, A Look Back at George Forbes
I remember when I once wrote a piece about George Forbes that was considered “too favorable” by an alternative press editor.
The Deflation of Spatial Imagination: On Columbus’ Future in “Ready Player One”
Perhaps the best place to view the future of Columbus, Ohio is from the vestiges of its fictionalized futures in Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One (2011) and its sequel, Ready Player Two (2020).
Sick Books 2021: A Year in Sick Reading
In 2021, which is still going at time of writing, I’ve had 112 days of migraine—about 1 out of 3 days, worse than average but what are you going to do.
The Impossibility of Critique: On "The French Dispatch" & May '68
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch is a movie in vignettes, a whole that emerges through the sum of its parts.
"The Ingenuity of Living": On Seeing and Being Seen in the Queer, Crip, Rural, Midwest
I spent the early years of my life in a rural part of northern Ohio with my underemployed mom, a severely disabled father, and a closeted gay racecar driver friend of my mom’s.
Point of Reviəw: 25 Years of Cleveland Mayors
Originally published in July of 1992, this special double issue of Point of View comprised an alternative history of Cleveland’s mayoral past to explore a foundational question of American politics: who governs?
Encountering a Ghost: On Toni Morrison & "The Bluest Eye"
It has come to my attention that a ghost haunts me.
To Be the Outsider: On Olive Moore's "Spleen"
The British writer Olive Moore is one of the great forgotten figures in literary history.
Point of Reviəw: Roldo Writes on into Sports’ $$$ Quicksand…
We’re into the quicksand of borrowing and spending for wealthy sports owners again without the news media EVER trying to put into context what we are spending for Haslam, Dolan and Gilbert.
The Message in the Machine: How to Read a Technical Mistake
Maybe you’ve heard about the algorithmic racial bias in digital imaging technology.
Point of Reviəw: PD/Cleveland.com Act as Stooges for Haslams and their Lakefront Scheme
Aren’t you just thrilled that the Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com, as they like to say, will look at St. Louis and Cincinnati to see what WE might do with the lakefront dream offered by Jimmy Haslam, a guy noted for running a company that cheated his truck driving customers.