Articles written about Retro

RETRO: My Lives with Salinger

MJ Moore

Everything Holden says about missing and loving his dead brother Allie, and his kid sister Phoebe, stirs me up. His distress about school, parents, girls, sex, adults, and “phonies” registers with me. Pernnially.

Climate Change

A Tale of Two Stoners

MJ Moore

From investment advisors to avid smokers, weed is thriving as we ring in 2020.

Cannabis

Alcohol & One Writer’s Boyhood

MJ Moore

By M. J. Moore In his short story “Just Like the Girl” (with its sardonic epigram being a line from an old 1890s ditty: “I want a girl, just like the girl that married dear old dad . . .”), author James Jones dramatized a deeply upsetting series of...

PUZO IN THE TRUMP ERA

MJ Moore

Mario Puzo died twenty years ago this summer. As a novelist, he remains fixed in the public’s mind for one paramount reason: The Godfather. Michael Corleone’s tormented transformation. Sonny’s temper. Fredo’s fecklessness. The horse’s head scene and the demise of Moe Greene amid a ferociously capitalist America in the 1940s...

racial politics

RETRO: Meet the 4th Beatle

MJ Moore

Ringo’s gift was to bring to the band a richly textured “feel” in his playing that was musically–and temperamentally–ideal.

culture

Renaissance of the Arts: An Interview with Collagist and Artists Revolution Movement Founder, retro, B

Lola Kelleher

Artists Revolution Movement is revolutionary because instead of it being about how many likes or followers you have, we are in it for the art.

culture

RETRO: When Carol Met Mario (Excerpt)

MJ Moore

(Note: This is an excerpt adapted from the author’s book MARIO PUZO ~ AN AMERICAN...

books

RETRO: Twists of Fate: Blowin', Knockin', Tangled (Fiction)

MJ Moore

For our readers’ pleasure, we present a RETRO short story of love, music, and mail....

1980s

RETRO: Twists of Fate: Blowin', Knockin', Tangled (Fiction)

MJ Moore

For our readers’ pleasure, we present a RETRO short story of love, music, and...

1980s

RETRO: America's Stunning 1918 Emergence

MJ Moore

Contrary to the canard that the USA played no ultimate role in the Great War, the tipping points in 1918 on the Western Front were largely dependent on America’s ability.

American Expeditionary Forces

RETRO: America's Stunning 1918 Emergence

MJ Moore

FOR MY GRANDFATHER: MAURICE ANTHONY MOORE (1891-1959) Even after President Wilson and the U.S....

1918

RETRO: Middle School Awakenings ~~ August 1971

MJ Moore

It’s before midnight and business is slow at the New Corsica Restaurant, so Kev’...

1970s

RETRO: Middle School Awakenings ~~ August 1971

MJ Moore

It’s before midnight and business is slow at the New Corsica Restaurant, so Kev’s off work early and he’s surprised we’re all up and sitting there, gathered around the tube. He works really hard as a busboy on weekend nights. I’m glad he’s home early....

1970s