Lelkem Galambom (“Soul Dove”): A Poem

By Adam J. Pearson Though the flurries of lifeBreathe fury and strife,And the chills strikeCold to the bone,Still, I do not fear,Or yet despair,For I know that I’m not alone. When the blizzard of sufferingCuts like a knife,And ice spreads in my heartAnd it groans,I do not give in,When hope strips thin,For your arms and…

Destroying Something Beautiful in Fiction and Film: Reflection on a First Reading of Fight Club (1996), Differences Between Film and Novel, and Refuting the “Marla Isn’t Real” Hypothesis

By Adam J. Pearson “Project Mayhem will save the world. A cultural ice age, a prematurely induced dark age. Project Mayhem will force humanity to go dormant or into a remission long enough for the earth to recover. Justify anarchy. Figure it out. Break up civilization so we can make something better out of the…