Category Archives: Stefen
Kicking/Screaming Into the Digital Age
I resisted for so long, but in the end succumb. I am now on Twitter. You can find me here: @Stefen_Styrsky
Moka: A Film by Frédéric Mermoud
My latest film review is up at the Litbreak website. If you have a chance, please check it out!
The Onus Is On Us
I’ve been reading POP! by Mark Polanzak. It’s his “fictional memoir” about his life after his father died from a heart attack when he was seventeen years old. He calls it a fictional memoir because he says fictionalizing the events … Continue reading
The Bad Batch
It’s a movie by the inventive writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour. (Her first film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was described as a Persian vampire spaghetti Western.) I reviewed The Bad Batch for Litbreak. If you have a chance, … Continue reading
Red Squirrels
Two months ago the website Litbreak published my story Red Squirrels. I should’ve mentioned it then, but you know how thing sometimes just get away from you. Anyway, I’m really proud of this story. It was a stretch stylistically and … Continue reading
The North Water by Ian McGuire
Here’s the latest in my very occasional series of 500-word book reviews. Thanks for reading! The North Water by Ian McGuire (Henry Holt and Co, 2016) It’s the late 1850’s and the disgraced surgeon, Patrick Sumner, fresh from the Sepoy … Continue reading
Don’t Be Afraid to Tell Your Story; or the Genius of Roxane Gay
I have to confess to a problem. I’m afraid to tell stories. It’s not that I fear the actual telling, writing about a series of events that build to some sort of climax and/or resolution. Rather, I’m afraid to begin … Continue reading
Moonlight: A Film by Barry Jenkins
My review of Moonlight is now up on Litbreak. If you have a second, please check it out! Moonlight
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