Reviews

I found Careless People to be an enthralling and deeply troubling read. It is a riveting page-turner that holds nothing back, written...

Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA Ramakrishna, the great Indian saint, often told the story of the three robbers as a metaphor for the different forces that shape our lives. As a social worker at Cornell, I saw parallels between this story and the challenges students faced in understanding themselves, navigating external expectations, and ultimately striving toward personal freedom. Sri Ramakrishna The Story of the Three Robbers A traveler is making his way through the forest when

Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA I love podcasts, I think they're great, really. Lately, I’ve found myself exhausted by a particular brand of podcast storytelling—one that centers white sadness, nostalgia, and pain, only to ultimately arrive at… nothing. These stories follow a well-worn formula: a young podcaster embarks on a deeply personal journey, tracing the roots of some tragic figure from their past. Maybe it’s their mother’s ex-lover, a punk rocker turned drug dealer who wa

SPOILER ALERT: there are details revealed in a TV episode 5 of the Last of Us, below which may muck up your desire to keep reading if you haven't seen the episode. TRIGGER WARNING: This post discusses topics linked to suicide. I've been following the Last of Us on HBOMax for the past number of weeks. It's a brilliant show and riveting. Most recently episode 5 came out. Titled: Endure and Survive, it tells the story of two brothers who are survivors of a fascist society. A pos

Recently, a documentary on Netflix about mental health has gained a refreshing amount of positive attention. I'd like to add to that positive vibe and give it some additional thoughts as a mental health professional. STUTZ is a movie about a psychotherapist who has worked with the actor Jonah Hill over the span of his illustrious career. You may remember Hill from the Wolf of Wall Street or going way back, Superbad. The documentary is raw, emotional and shows the active proce

This short story, all told in dialogue, was published first in the IN POSSE Review in July of 2016 . “But what do you think?” “What do...

This piece of fiction was published by Dark Sky Magazine, originally in 2016. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a hard link any...

Non-Fiction Essay about my battle with alcohol Originally published by Prick of the Spindle in 2009 One Pure Thing — for Richard Bausch ...

This was a piece of "flash fiction" a sort of get in quick and write about something and leave, which I've read publicly a number of...

In December of 2006 I published a series of poems in Cubista Magazine . The works spanned over 7 years of poems which I had written and...

These poems were the first I ever published. In August of 2004. They were early in my writing career and both came out as bolts as...