by Jeff Stookey | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
John Calvin (born in France in 1509 and died in exile in Switzerland in 1564) had some interesting things to say about politics—thoughts with lessons for us today. I’ve been trying to understand the 1600s, and I’ve long believed that you can only...
by Jeff Stookey | Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
January is named for the Roman god of gates and doorways, often depicted with two faces, one looking back and the other looking forward—appropriate for the new year. I spent the past year focused on promoting my Medicine For The Blues trilogy, because...
by Jeff Stookey | Dec 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
We hear a lot in this season about the “War on Christmas,” but today’s war is nothing like that of the 1600s. England Soon after the Puritan-controlled government executed King Charles I in 1649, they abolished Christmas observances in England. Puritans...
by Jeff Stookey | Nov 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
There is a well-known story involving an audience member asking a poet who just read one of her poems, “Is that a real poem or did you just make that up?” This fall at the end of the poetry seminar that I took with Andrea Hollander, the subject of feeling like...
by Jeff Stookey | Oct 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
In observance of LGBTQ+ history month, I want to talk about some of the books that were instrumental in helping me understand the gay world of the 1920s as portrayed in Medicine for the Blues. I encourage anyone interested in gay history to check out some of...
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