The Golden Stairs - E-book - ePub

In The Golden Stairs, John Michael Flynn's second book of essays, the focus is on the quirky, the common, and the sublime. Through the personal, he examines universal themes, writing of passions and victories as well as losses and disappointments. These are the essays as they appear in the collection: GentianA Spark Must Jump Its GapThe Wandering GeneTalking The Notion Of SatisfactionAnswers For My Noses And NeurosesThe Perch, The TubeTwo Ways To Enter A ClassroomWithout PapersSalvador Mulligatawny, Or What Is A Poem?With A Calendar In Fading Light I Remember Amiri BarakaImperfectionKin, Friend, MentorDances With The ImaginedRadio Days: Me And My Dad In The Theatre Of The MindAloft Somewhere Beyond ComprehensionChase ScenesLiving Between The LeavesOne Face From Corner To Corner A DecahedronSome Say It Didn't HappenLeap Into The SunStarting From Normal Some of these essays appeared in slightly different form and under the name Basil Rosa in the following publications. 1.
"Without Papers, " and "Radio Days" in Redwood Coast Review2. "Imperfection" in Anti-Heroin Chic"3. "Leap Into The Sun" in the anthology Beyond The Plots4. "The Perch, The Tube" in Spank The Carp5. "Living Between The Leaves" in the anthology Being Home6. "The Wandering Gene" was presented as an address to The History Club at Watford Grammar School For Boys. 7. "Gentian" and "Chase Scenes" and "Aloft Somewhere Beyond Comprehension" in The Argyle8.
"Starting From Normal" in Masque & Spectacle9. "With A Calendar In Fading Light I Remember Amiri Baraka" in Juste Literary10. "Dances With The Imagined" in Hedge Apple