PinnedEugene A. MelinoAgainst My Own GrainThe challenge of excelling at what doesn’t come naturally.Aug 21, 2021Aug 21, 2021
Eugene A. MelinoThe Quarantined Street Photographer Wanted to be Like Garry WinograndI found you again, a single image, one among thousands from that summer when we could still crowd without a mask. You stepped out into…Aug 7, 20201Aug 7, 20201
Eugene A. MelinoinBetter HumansHow to Work From Home Like a ProI’ve been working from home since the 1980s. Here’s everything I wish I could’ve taught my younger self.Jun 8, 20202Jun 8, 20202
Eugene A. MelinoinPoetry in FormGhazal: Greta’s Stare Down | American Ghazal“You are failing us!” How incensed, Greta’s stare down, our emptiness profound against Greta’s stare down.Apr 22, 2020Apr 22, 2020
Eugene A. MelinoThe Table (La Mesa) | The Beloved InfidelThe table, la mesa, all geometry contained within her plane, she wobbles slightly, one leg missing its glider or perhaps it is just…Jul 10, 2019Jul 10, 2019
Eugene A. MelinoBlack Heart of a Mama’s Boy | The Beloved InfidelAnd, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger… Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, 6:4Jun 5, 2019Jun 5, 2019
Eugene A. MelinoAmerican Idol American GunThe United States has 270 million guns and had 90 mass shooters from 1966 to 2012. [During that same period], no other country has [had]…Jul 15, 2018Jul 15, 2018
Eugene A. MelinoinPoetry in FormGhazal: My LoveAdrift across your eyes’ rare green, my love, we learned the ways adults diversify love.Dec 16, 20171Dec 16, 20171
Eugene A. MelinoinCity of Lights ReviewBook Review — Filthy Labors: Poems by Lauren Marie SchmidtFilthy Labors by Lauren Marie Schmidt / Curbstone Books / ISBN: 978–0810134690 / 104 pages / 2017Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017