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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.

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“March Midnight Window” appears in cc&d magazine.

March 1, 2025 Eric Robert Nolan Leave a comment

I’m honored to see my poem “March Midnight Window” appear in the March 2025 issue of cc&d magazine, released tonight from Scars Publications. The theme of the March issue is “The World Engine.”

You can read the entire magazine online right here, if you would like. Or, if you want to find my poem right away, it’s right here. If you would like to receive your own print copy of the magazine, you can order it here from Amazon.

Thank you, Editor Janet Kuypers, for allowing me to see my work showcased for the first time in the pages of cc&d magazine!

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Rest easy, Gene Hackman.

March 1, 2025 Eric Robert Nolan Leave a comment

I probably saw Gene Hackman for the first time in his hilarious turn as Lex Luthor in 1978’s “Superman.” (Yes, I do realize that I am past the point of self-parody with my preoccupation with comics.) Then again, 1972’s “The Poseidon Adventure” got plenty of television airtime later in the decade … so I might have seen him there first; I’m not sure. (This was a very long time ago, people.)

Later in life, it was films like “The Firm” (1993), “Wyatt Earp” (1995) and “Crimson Tide” (1996) that made me truly appreciate Hackman’s talent.

I would rather not comment on the questions surrounding his death; I don’t think my uninformed speculation adds to that conversation. Suffice to say here that he was a truly superb actor.

[Update — apologies for posting the wrong hyperlink yesterday!]