PinnedAlan DavisThe Ballad of New Rivers Press: Part One, An OverviewAs I write these words, New Rivers Press (NRP), one of the oldest and most distinguished literary not-for-profit small presses in America…6 min read·Sep 11, 2022----
PinnedAlan DavisThe Queen Is Dead, Long Live the KingIt’s like a board game, the monarchy. Since we don’t pay for it, we can watch the game with amusement. I’m astonished, though, that it’s…3 min read·Sep 9, 2022--1--1
PinnedAlan DavisThe Adoption Racket and AbortionI’m shocked. What a world we’re leaving to our kids.3 min read·Jul 25, 2022----
PinnedAlan DavisIt’s All About Banning Sexual Pleasure, Isn’t It?“Any state that forces a pregnant woman to have a child before viability is a slaveholding state engaging in sexual violence.”3 min read·Jul 11, 2022----
PinnedAlan DavisAfter Roe V. Wade: Lysistrata and FreedomYour body, your choice.3 min read·Jun 25, 2022----
Alan DavisWhat Things Are You Proudest Of In Your Life?I’m a pilgrim. Always have been. Like Odysseus, I’ve “wanderd wondrous farre” over the years, sometimes traveling the roads of the earth…4 min read·Jan 30, 2024----
Alan DavisWhat Song Always Brings Back a Particular Memory?In Remembrance of Things Past, possibly the longest novel in history, Marcel Proust famously wrote about a madeleine, a traditional small…2 min read·Jan 16, 2024----
Alan DavisRaccoons— for John Lennon (9 October 1940–8 December 1980) and Jim Bense (17 June 1948–14 June 2007). This is the 43rd anniversary of Lennon’s…9 min read·Dec 8, 2023----
Alan DavisMartin Amis is dead. Long live Martin Amis.When I think of the late Martin Amis, who died Friday in Florida at 73 of the same esophageal cancer that took the life of Christopher…5 min read·May 21, 2023----
Alan DavisNorth Dakota Legislature threatens to blur the line between church and stateOpinion by Alan Davis3 min read·Mar 27, 2023----