Coffee in the Age of COVID I miss going to my regular coffeehouse, but what I miss most is being with people.
What To Do With the American Musical? As with other art forms, good and bad musical theatre will always coexist. Finding the good is just knowing where to look.
Let’s Retire the Trope of the Hapless Dad Just in time for Father’s Day 2019, this 2018 UCF Forum column was recently recognized with a feature writing award.
When ‘Wrong’ may be Right: In Praise of Stubbornness I have been tying my shoes the “wrong” way for over 30 years. Let me explain: I’m in kindergarten, and our teacher is teaching us…
A Meditation on R.E.M., the Soundtrack of My Youth The band’s music often left me nostalgic for a feeling I’d never had.
Dungeons & Dads: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Game It begins like a joke: A teacher, a professor and a federal prosecutor walk into a comic book shop. But this is no joke. We…
‘Yes, and:’ Overcoming Anxiety with Improv The first time I stood on a stage, I threw up. I was 7 years old, and, 10 seconds into an acting class, fear sent…
UCF Forum Announces 2018-19 Roster Ten columnists — faculty members, staff and one student — will share their commentary every Wednesday.
Readers of All Ages Welcome at Saturday’s UCF Book Festival More than 30 distinguished local and national authors will convene at the University of Central Florida to share their interest in literature and engage the…
Meet UCF English Professor Who Balances Teaching, Writing and Family “Serious writer” and “One of our very best young writers” are among the praises that flank the back sleeve of The Heaven of Animals: Stories,…
