Email Author Robrt L. Pela

2009 Stories by Robrt L. Pela

• Medium Cool

  published January 29, 2009

  They labored in isolation in Prescott, yet the work that Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer created in the middle of the 20th... More >>

• The White Stuff

  published January 29, 2009

  What do Halloween, sweaters, and studying abroad have in common? They are, according to author and social commentator Christian Lander,... More >>

• Shock Treatment

  published January 29, 2009

  A boy is locked in a closet. We never learn his name, but as we watch John Caswell Jr.’s Closet.Drama: A Homo/Hetero Collision... More >>

• Playboy Apartments Maintain a Swinging Style That’s Renovation-Proof

  published January 22, 2009

  When my friend Michele and I were teenagers, her mother had a totally cool boyfriend. Steve was ripped from the pages of Hip Swinger... More >>

• Restless Native

  published January 22, 2009

  Neither artist Angel De Cora nor her art have anything to do with motor homes. The “Winnebago” in the title of Linda M. Waggoner’s... More >>

• Of Human Bondage

  published January 22, 2009

  Should African-Americans cling to the legacy of slavery as part of their identity or should they distance themselves from this shameful,... More >>

• Dale Wasserman Will Be Remembered for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Not Premiere

  published January 15, 2009

  Before his death last month, Dale Wasserman was among a handful of Americans to whom the title "Broadway legend" applied — although it... More >>

• Restless Native

  published January 15, 2009

  Neither artist Angel De Cora nor her art have anything to do with motor homes. The “Winnebago” in the title of Linda M. Waggoner’s... More >>

• Restless Native

  published January 15, 2009

  Neither artist Angel De Cora nor her art have anything to do with motor homes. The “Winnebago” in the title of Linda M. Waggoner’s... More >>

• Sending Love Letters to ASU for Keeping the North Central Avenue Post Office

  published January 8, 2009

  I fall in love with old buildings. There's that odd little Flintstonian office building at Third Street and Clarendon, whose comically... More >>

• Oskar Night

  published January 1, 2009

  He refers to himself as “the most fortunate person in the whole world.” To the rest of us, he is Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson, born... More >>

• Life’s a Stage, Even When You’re Sitting in Front of One

  published January 1, 2009

  As usual, I saw a hell of a lot of plays this past year. But I suspect 2008 is the year I'll remember not so much for what took place on stage... More >>