If one is homeless, his chances of surviving a drug overdose are significantly reduced. Nevertheless, for the approximately 4,000 people who sleep on concrete every night in England, that is their ...

Ginsberg was Jewish, self-conscious, and gay, the son of a socialist poet father and a fiercely communist (and grievously ...

“The lines, like long, rolling ocean waves on a cold Baltic sea, create their own reasons, their own rhythm, their own ...

Tony D. Senatore is a graduate of Columbia University, and, in addition to contributing periodically to Merion West, he ...

W. D. Ehrhart has authored or edited a number of collections of poetry and prose, most recently Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems and What We Can and Can’t Afford: Essays on Vietnam, ...

Erich J. Prince is the editor-in-chief at Merion West. With a background in journalism and media criticism, he has ...

“How does such an advanced nation and forward-looking profession embrace ‘medicalized mass murder’ and a philosophy calling for the ‘annihilation of life unworthy of living’? How did those who pledged ...

Johnny Payne is the arts editor at Merion West. Johnny is a poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist. He has worked extensively in Latin American Studies, especially literature under dictatorship and ...