Since The Creek Drank the Cradle [2002], Samuel Beam, under the assumed title of Iron & Wine, has released a further five studio albums, the sophomore Our Endless Numbered Days [2004]; the experimental The Shepherd’s Dog [2007]; the pop-induced Kiss Each Other Clean [2011]; the jazz-centred Ghost on Ghost [2013]; and, most recently, the acoustic-echo... Continue Reading →
Within the spy genre, regardless of medium, the theme of identity is an intrinsic aspect to the profile of an operative. For Philip Jennings, as portrayed by Cardiff-born actor Matthew Rhys, the co-protagonist of Joe Weisberg seminal FX spy-series, The Americans, the subject of identity, and its malleability, is a defining characteristic that has shaped... Continue Reading →
An Analysis of John Edward Williams’s Authorial Craft Stoner, John Edward Williams’s third novel, is, in essence, a eulogy: an ode to one man’s quiet life. The titular character of the novel is an academic whose familial origins stem from a ‘small farm in central Missouri near the village of Booneville, some forty miles from... Continue Reading →
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