Kendall Defoe
Bio
Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page. Very grateful to have found this other opportunity to expose things to the light.
Stories (433/0)
- Top Story - December 2023
MadchesterTop Story - December 2023
Do you remember Madchester? Maybe I am getting too nostalgic in my old age, but I have been thinking about that very brief gap of time when the city of Manchester was the focus of most of my attention, at least as a musical and cultural force. For a city with so many different bands and sounds in its history, it might seem strange to just pick one moment, but I am, as I said, nostalgic…and old. And I know that many of you have commented on how you like to hear about musical moments on my page. So, here I go again…
By Kendall Defoe 5 days ago in Beat
To Gigi
I have several other items in my head right now that need attention: bills; exams to give, create and mark; trips home to plan (tickets are an easy click away); family dramas (better for another piece); other concerns… I wish I could focus on something else right now. I wish that life made some sort of sense so that this would not hurt the way it does. But that is the problem with hope and that eternal spring… Life often provides you with nothing but cold reality in the form of news that takes the wind out of your sails and crushes your heart.
By Kendall Defoe 7 days ago in Confessions
- Top Story - November 2023
The Lonely Statement of Brian Moore
What is forgiveness? What could you forgive? I have just read Brian Moore's “The Statement”. I had no intention of writing this review, but the book has not allowed me to set it aside and think of the next one on my list. I am, instead, considering the two questions at the beginning of this piece.
By Kendall Defoe 17 days ago in BookClub
- Top Story - November 2023
In the WhiteTop Story - November 2023
Must be a Monday. Monday something-something. I can't seem to remember the date anymore. Or even why I first came in here. Everything before I walked in seems to be fading out, like my brain is wading through some sort of white-noise swamp. Odd to be in a shopping cart as I save this...
By Kendall Defoe 19 days ago in Fiction
