I discovered this morning that The Roanoke Times published my latest letter to the editor; it appeared on November 21. (This was my letter about drawing comparisons between the January 6th attack on the Capitol and protests by Black Lives Matter.)
Thanks, as always, to the editorial staff of The Roanoke Times for the opportunity to share my point of view with my neighbors.
I SWEAR to you, I keep stumbling over these “I am not a robot” tests.
I know I’m not a replicant because I don’t have any superhuman powers. (I keep checking.)
I am so honored today that The Piker Press published my prose love poem, “Her Smile Was Silver Jupiter.” You can find it at the link below.
Thanks, as always, to Managing Editor Sand Pilarski for allowing me to share my voice at The Piker Press!
“Her Smile Was Silver Jupiter”
“A Roanoke Thanksgiving”
I am thankful for
fine friends, gracious neighbors, and presently forgotten adversaries,
the smell of smoke outside, its rich and deep and ageless burning notes that sound upon the palette,
the hills under all my days, which pluck up my breath,
all the countless “hellos” their slopes will yield,
the mountains’ incandescence in this cooling season,
the colors now igniting their high and wooded perches,
this new home, this Old South,
this ranging, easy vale of firming winds and firm tradition,
its gentle people, and their surprising hearts —
this fair, far Star City.
~ Eric Robert Nolan, Thanksgiving 2019
It’s a creative nonfiction mag launched today by none other than Steve Watkins, my creative writing professor at Mary Washington College. And it’s a great read!
You can find it right here:
https://pieandchaimagazine.com/
I’m very happy to see that The Roanoke Star has featured my latest letter to the editor — about people who draw a comparison between the January 6th attack on the Capitol and protests by Black Lives Matter. You can find it right here.
Thanks, as always, to Publisher Stuart Revercomb for allowing me to share with my neighbors in Roanoke via The Roanoke Star.
I’m quite happy tonight to see that the Bristol Herald Courier published my latest letter to the editor — about people trying to rationalize the January 6th attack by pointing at Black Lives Matter protests. You can read it online right here.
Thanks once again to Managing Editor Roger Watson for allowing me to share my thoughts via this first-rate news provider for Southwest Virginia.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 