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Bill Cushing

Bill Cushing

Raised in New York, Bill Cushing lived in numerous states, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Returning to college later in life, he was called the “blue collar poet” by his peers at the University of Central Florida, then earned an MFA in writing from Goddard College. He now resides in Glendale, California. When not writing, Bill facilitates a writing workshop for the 9 Bridges Writers Group and performs with a musician on a project called “Notes and Letters.” His poetry collection, A Former Life, was recently released by Finishing Line Press and is available on Amazon.

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Movies That Should Be Seen (but often aren’t), Part 3
–Or “Fin” as They Say In the Film Biz

By Bill Cushing on December 16, 2020

America loves its outlaws. Look at some of our more popular films—The Godfather, Goodfellas, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting—and... Read more →
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Movies That Should Be Seen (but often aren’t), Part 2

By Bill Cushing on December 9, 2020

Picking up where I left off, I continue my suggested additions to Joseph W. Smith’s book The Best Movies You Never Saw should he publish a second... Read more →
Film

Movies That Should Be Seen (but often aren’t), Part 1

By Bill Cushing on December 2, 2020

Last week I purchased a copy of The Best Movies You Never Saw by Joseph W. Smith III upon the recommendation of a high school friend, a worthwhile... Read more →
Poetry

Emily Clark ventures into poetry with Art Triumphant

By Bill Cushing on October 28, 2020

Emily Robin Clark’s title for her first collection poems, Art Triumphant, seems fitting. While she’s been involved in creative writing since... Read more →
ArtFilm

The Responsibility of Creativity

By Bill Cushing on September 30, 2020

In 1981, the Hungarian film Mephisto won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film of the Year. The story, which begins before the outbreak of World... Read more →
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Some Words With L.A.’s Jordan Seigel (and a Look at His CD)

By Bill Cushing on September 2, 2020

Southern California headlines might well read “Local Boy Makes Good (music)” with the recent release of Jordan Seigel’s debut CD Beyond Images.... Read more →
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Fargo Fanaticism? Yah, you bet’cha

By Bill Cushing on August 26, 2020

In less than a month—September 27 to be exact, I’m going to feel like a kid on his seventh birthday. Why is that? Because that’s the date... Read more →
Poetry

Review: Poetry en Plein Air by Marianne Szlyk

By Bill Cushing on August 26, 2020

“Small Town America,” an oil painting from Tom Brown, seems a perfect visual encapsulation of the writings contained within Poetry en Plein Air,... Read more →
LiteratureOUR WORLD

Review: A Worldwide Anthology From Australia Honors One Surviving Story

By Bill Cushing on August 5, 2020

The newly-released One Surviving Story (204 pages) might prove to be a real aid for the survival of one’s state of mind for these days of... Read more →
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Reading about how governments react and respond to problems (Reading well in times of illness, finale)

By Bill Cushing on July 22, 2020

“There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people by surprise.” — Albert Camus, The... Read more →
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