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Chartreuse and Short Truths
This creative non-fiction essay, by Benjamin J. Gohs, was a finalist for the 2018 Iowa Review Award for Creative Nonfiction. There is a midget with a switchblade on the loose in my head. I’d thought perhaps of referring to him as a homunculus or Lilliputian to avoid offense. But I trust in his forgiving, fictional … Continue reading Chartreuse and Short Truths
No news is good news
“It’s a journalist’s job to be a witness to history. We’re not there to worry about ourselves. We’re there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.” —Robert Fisk I was there and I watched it die.I sold my first few freelance … Continue reading No news is good news
Bethlehem Revisited: The scary prescience of Didion’s ‘Slouching’
Everyone's screaming about how bad everything is, as if now is some special time in history when things are particularly bad. You know, as oppossed to that time when everything was good. But I find myself wondering whether things are actually worse or if we're just more aware of the bad stuff happening all around … Continue reading Bethlehem Revisited: The scary prescience of Didion’s ‘Slouching’
We’re all to blame for bad journalism
“It’s a journalist’s job to be a witness to history. We’re not there to worry about ourselves. We’re there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.” —Robert Fisk I was there and I watched it die. I sold my first few … Continue reading We’re all to blame for bad journalism
Prologues: the shorter the better
I'm not only a fan of the Short Prologue Club, I'm also a member! Dunging out some old writings folders on my laptop and I stumbled—digitally—across a snarky little intro I penned nearly a decade ago. Forgetting the quality, or lack thereof, I was struck primarily by how long this epilogue was. Granted, it's short … Continue reading Prologues: the shorter the better
Benjamin J. Gohs, Screenwriter 