Peter BatesREEL2Real 1: Mark Leeuwenburgh’s Surprising EncounterThis new video series uses the medium of Tiktok. It is called REEL2Real. I interview men and women in the street and ask them for…Dec 30, 2023Dec 30, 2023
Peter BatesThe Power of PoetryWhen W. H. Auden read at Bartley College in 1967, he said “Poetry makes nothing happen.” This pronouncement so distressed David Ramsdell he…Oct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023
Peter BatesPutting What Where: A Vintage Book Review of for GIRLS only by Dr. Frank Howard Richardson (1953)Why am I writing about a seventy-year-old sex education manual? Everybody knows they were conservative back then, and that lapses of…Jul 16, 2023Jul 16, 2023
Peter BatesI Owe It All to John CarpenterHe made me the videographer I am today. Sort of.Jun 16, 2023Jun 16, 2023
Peter BatesMy First DiaphragmSometimes you meet someone when you’re twenty who has such an effect on you, you remember what they said and how they talked. If you’re…May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
Peter BatesThe Night That Opera Saved My Ass“A priest, a minister and a rabbi are discussing when life begins. The priests says, ‘It begins at conception’. The minister says, ‘Life…Mar 24, 2023Mar 24, 2023
Peter BatesThree Excellent Films about AbortionYOUNG MAN. Wow! Look at that sunset! YOUNG WOMAN. Yes, so pretty. I have something wonderful to tell you. YOUNG MAN. Don’t keep me in…Mar 2, 2023Mar 2, 2023
Peter BatesinAmateur Book ReviewsBook Review: Notes from the Column of Memory by Wendy Drexler — StylusSome poets never peak. Leonard Cohen never did. And unlike those who churned out clunkers late in life-William Wordsworth with…Jan 16, 2023Jan 16, 2023