All posts by Eric Robert Nolan

Eric Robert Nolan graduated from Mary Washington College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. He spent several years a news reporter and editorial writer for the Culpeper Star Exponent in Culpeper, Virginia. His work has also appeared on the front pages of numerous newspapers in Virginia, including The Free Lance – Star and The Daily Progress. Eric entered the field of philanthropy in 1996, as a grant writer for nonprofit healthcare organizations. Eric’s poetry has been featured by Dead Beats Literary Blog, Dagda Publishing, The International War Veterans’ Poetry Archive, and elsewhere. His poetry will also be published by Illumen Magazine in its Spring 2014 issue.

Somebody give this man a prize.

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“Autumn Walk,” Antonín Slavíček, 1896

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A little more seasonal fun?

A pal of mine is contemplating this very prank.

And now so am I. (You can get some pretty interesting ideas from Facebook.) I even know exactly which college friend I’d like to spook.

Suppose a succession of different disconcerted people handed this off to someone else. If you could somehow track the doll’s progress, it would be an interesting social experiment.

Hey … suppose the doll actually took on a supernatural life of its own — after being infused with the fears of the people who’d handled it during the inception of an innocent prank? You’d have a whole life-imitates-art thing going on. Or unlife.

What a story idea! One of you guys should run with that.



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“The Quartet, a Painters Tribute to Music,” Albert Joseph Moore, 1868

Oil on canvas.

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“Little Nell Leaving the Church,” James Lobley, 1867

Oil on canvas.

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Lothlorien Poetry Journal publishes my essay about Dennis Williamson.

I am honored today to see Lothlorien Poetry Journal publish my essay about the passing of my friend and colleague, Dennis Williamson.

You can find the essay right here.

Thanks to Strider Marcus Jones for allowing me to share Dennis’ memory via this first-rate literary magazine — where Dennis himself saw some of his best work published before he died.



“Cross and Cathedral in the Mountains,” Caspar David Friedrich, 1812

Oil on canvas.

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“The Beach House, Early Spring” will appear in The Galway Review 12 anthology

Some more good news today — “The Beach House, Early Spring” will also be included in The Galway Review 12 — the journal’s next print anthology in April 2024.  🙂

I will post ordering information here when it becomes available.