WRITING AFTER SUNSETS

 
 
 

For years, I maintained a separate blog called writing after sunsets as a place for my thoughts on writing, reflections on teaching, and an outlet for writing that matters to me in ways that make me want to control how it is published. It has also been, from time to time, a platform for the work of others I know who have something to say.


Now, with this site as my central base of online operations, I’m folding that blog into the rest of my efforts. All previous content is here for easier access, but the heart of writing after sunsets remains in both my earlier posts and those to come.  

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One (or two) perfect episodes…well, now three…

As for that one perfect episode of CHiPs, well, that was easy. “Roller Disco, Parts 1 & 2” is the singular achievement of all the show wanted to be. It is the moment of triumph and the exact point at which the show began to descend into a parody of itself. The argument could be made that it was the exact same moment for the end of the 70s and disco culture.

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