https://livesteven.com/2026/05/07/the-joys-of-getting-in-first-literary-research-and-its-purpose-more-information-turns-up-in-the-recent-issue-of-gay-lesbian-revue-on-james-baldwin-and-the-direction-of-the-play-du/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-05-07T06:43:21+00:00The joys of getting in first: literary research and its purpose. More information turns up in the recent issue of ‘Gay & Lesbian Revue’ on James Baldwin and the direction of the play ‘Düşenin Dostu’ (‘Friend of the Fallen’ in English), the Turkish version of John Herbert’s ‘Fortune and Men’s Eyes’ played in Istanbul.https://livesteven.com/2026/05/06/superpower-the-power-to-disallow-others-from-having-power-over-you-ever-again-in-the-end-its-a-paltry-power-but-somehow-its-all-we-want-and-admire-a-case-study-from-seeing-the-metropolitan-ope/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-05-06T08:58:26+00:00Superpower: the power to disallow others from having power over you ever again. In the end, it’s a paltry power but somehow it’s all we want and admire. A case study from seeing the Metropolitan Opera production of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’.dailyprompt, fiction, review, music, opera, eugene-onegin, tchaikovsky, dailyprompt-2753, metropolitan-opera