Review No. 197: The Rogue Roundabout 804 Chestnut Street (No phone number listed) The SituationHe Said: So, 20 years ago who would have predicted that bone-dry Faulkner County would have a microbrewery-restaurant in Downtown Conway? Yet, here it is. In a 5,500 square-foot building that, if memory serves, used to be a payday check-cashing place on… Continue reading Rogue Roundabout
Author: Jay Ruud
Sharon Olds’ “The Preparing”
Henry Vaughan’s “And Do They So? Have They a Sense?”
Stephen Dunn’s “Ars Poetica”
Elizabeth Spires’ “Easter 1955”
Carol Ann Duffy’s “Medusa”
Osaka Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse
Review No. 196: Osaka Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse 1700 Altus St., Suite 105 (501) 358-6023 The SituationHe Said: She Said was in the middle of a huge work project and had no time to think about eating at home, so we figured we might as well do a review as long as we were forced to eat… Continue reading Osaka Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse
“They Wouldn’t Be the Cubs if They Didn’t Break Your Heart”: Faith and Futility on Chicago’s North Side
“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game—it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good,… Continue reading “They Wouldn’t Be the Cubs if They Didn’t Break Your Heart”: Faith and Futility on Chicago’s North Side
