Early Writing

As a record of development, these early writings point to enduring interests in my adult life.

Particularly meaningful are the encouraging comments from professors, who—without knowing it—set the direction for my career as a writer and critic.

Film Criticism

University of Texas

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Melodrama_Georges Franju

Bordertown_La Bamba

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde_ Sisters

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Le Dernier Métro

Les Enfants du Paradis

Moon Over Parador

Paul Morrisey’s Frankenstein

Péril en la Demeure

Salt of the Earth & The Milagro Beanfield War

Sans toit ni loi

The Bias of Horror_Sound as Subtext

Papers

University of Texas

Trinity University

By Experience I Know Them

Morality and Sensuality at Odds_Shakespeare's Sonnet 129

Sin and Redemption in The Garden of Eden

Tolstoy’s Peaceful Deception

La Nymphe_Artistic Rebellion

Milton’s Paradox of Grace in Sonnet 7

Paradise Lost and Gulliver’s Travels

Sculptural Union - A Present Condition

Francis Ponge_theater presentation

Film Reviews

Southern Accent

REL High School

First Place (District 5A), Entertainment Writing, 1985

Interscholastic League State Press Conference

REL_movie reviews_Red Dawn_Supergirl

REL_movie reviews_Mask_award

REL_movie reviews_The River_Tightrope

stories

Firebird and Gremlin

Garage Sale Saturday

The First Time_The Last Time

What a Family Means to Me_Kinds of Love

JNE Times_9th Grade