Posts in the "EIL Blog" Category

More Categories » Architecture-Art
Art Essays
Art Reviews
Art Videos
Art-Interviews
Art-News
Artist Blog
Artist Watch
Paper Art
Book Reviews
Collaboration
Collage
Creative-Nonfiction
Digital Art
Drawings
EIL Blog
Fiction
Film
Graphic Novel
Illustration
Installations
Light Art
literary events
Literature Essays
Literature Interviews
Lives of the Artists
Mixed-Media
Moleskine
Most Popular
Movie Reviews
Movie Trailers
Music
Music MP3
Music Videos
Music-Reviews
Music-Stream
Painting
Photography
Photography Reviews
Photography-Interviews
Poetry
Press Release
prose pieces
Sculpture
Showcase
Sports
Store Artists
Street Art
Television
Textile
The Escape newsletter
Theatre
Translation
Tribute
Uncategorized
Visionary Art

• 
  October 31st, 2025

  20th Anniversary, Roz’s Show

  Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  October 21st, 2025

  Via Basel: On the Surface of it

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  September 24th, 2025

  Via Basel: My First Taste of Freedom

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  August 18th, 2025

  Via Basel: Weekend in Normal, Two Poems

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  July 27th, 2025

  Via Basel: To Chris

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 29th, 2025

  Via Basel: Assyrians, What?

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 23rd, 2025

  Via Basel: Write More, Say Less

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  May 12th, 2025

  Via Basel: Desire Comfort? Think again.

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  March 3rd, 2025

  Via Basel: Republic of Fear. My Time. Your Time.

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  February 5th, 2025

  Via Basel: So Simple, So Difficult

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  December 18th, 2024

  Via Basel: Consumption Addiction Season Or….

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  November 19th, 2024

  Via Basel: A Manifesto

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  November 6th, 2024

  Via Basel: The Day After

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  October 1st, 2024

  Via Basel: Backgammon and Politics

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  September 6th, 2024

  Via Basel: Somewhere in Between

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  August 16th, 2024

  Via Basel: Hope and Joy

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  July 27th, 2024

  Via Basel: Griefs and Gifts of July

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 16th, 2024

  Via Basel: On this Father’s Day

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  March 24th, 2024

  Via Basel: The Monk and the Surgeon

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  February 25th, 2024

  Via Basel: An Ethical Dilemma

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  January 20th, 2024

  Via Basel: Insights from 50 Years…

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  December 29th, 2023

  Via Basel: One Story at a Time

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  October 19th, 2023

  Via Basel: A Failure, a Catharsis

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  September 6th, 2023

  Via Basel: How I Met “Chicago”

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  August 30th, 2023

  Via Basel: Planning and Praying

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  July 27th, 2023

  Via Basel: At a Loss

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  July 4th, 2023

  Via Basel: Freedom and the Fourth of July

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  May 25th, 2023

  Via Basel: A Trifecta or a Hat-Trick?

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  May 4th, 2023

  Via Basel: A Milestone and a Celebration

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  April 20th, 2023

  Via Basel: Dilemmas of Later Years

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  March 11th, 2023

  Good News

  EIL-Blog, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  February 4th, 2023

  Via Basel: Meaning and Aging

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  January 6th, 2023

  Via Basel: Writer’s Pause

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  November 21st, 2022

  Via Basel: Learning By Teaching

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  September 30th, 2022

  Best of the Net Poetry Nominees

  EIL-Blog, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  September 16th, 2022

  Via Basel: Unspoken Lessons

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  August 30th, 2022

  Via Basel: On Driving, Mindfulness, and other stuff

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  July 16th, 2022

  Via Basel: Essays and Anniversaries

  Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 26th, 2022

  Via Basel: Musings and Megaphones

  Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 4th, 2022

  Via Basel: Violence Unhinged

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  May 25th, 2022

  Via Basel: Contradictions of the  Mind

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  April 7th, 2022

  Via Basel: War, Peace and Responsibility- Part 2

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  March 23rd, 2022

  Via Basel: War, Peace, and Responsibility

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  January 22nd, 2022

  Via Basel: Winter Blues, and a Plea

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  December 28th, 2021

  Via Basel: Fifty Years

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  November 25th, 2021

  Via Basel: Beyond Words–The irony of it

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  November 20th, 2021

  2021 Pushcart Prize Nominees

  EIL-Blog, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  October 15th, 2021

  Via Basel: Why We Give

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  October 6th, 2021

  Book Review: Shade of Blue Trees

  Book Reviews, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  October 1st, 2021

  A Cluster of Noisy Planets

  Book Reviews, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  September 29th, 2021

  2021 Best of the Net Nominations

  EIL-Blog, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  July 27th, 2021

  Via Basel: A Friendship Born in Bhutan

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  July 16th, 2021

  Via Basel: My Glorious Ornamental Pear Tree

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 18th, 2021

  Via Basel: In Defense of Idleness and Sauntering

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  May 29th, 2021

  Via Basel: Emerging From Isolation

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  April 11th, 2021

  Via Basel: One Year and Counting

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  March 14th, 2021

  Via Basel: I Am Not

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  February 14th, 2021

  Via Basel: A Tale of Two Countries

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  January 8th, 2021

  Via Basel: 3 R’s and a Labyrinth

  Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  December 21st, 2020

  Via Basel: Successes, Failures, and Disasters

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  November 26th, 2020

  Via Basel: Recipient of Generosity, A Blessing

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  November 13th, 2020

  Via Basel: Resilience, Restoration…

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  November 11th, 2020

  2020 Pushcart Prize Nominees

  EIL-Blog, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  October 30th, 2020

  Accidental Critic: 1001 Afternoons in Chicago

  Accidental Critic, Book Reviews

  Posted by Kim Kishbaugh

• 
  September 30th, 2020

  Via Basel: An Assault

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  September 30th, 2020

  2020 Best of the Net Nominations

  EIL-Blog, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  September 11th, 2020

  Via Basel: Caste, A Masterpiece

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  August 28th, 2020

  Via Basel: A Perspective on the Past

  Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  July 27th, 2020

  Via Basel: My Son, My Voice

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  July 4th, 2020

  Via Basel: Dreamlike Reality

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 22nd, 2020

  Via Basel: Conversations, Part 2

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 13th, 2020

  Via Basel: Conversations, Part 1

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  May 29th, 2020

  Via Basel: Two Views

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  April 20th, 2020

  Via Basel: The List

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  April 17th, 2020

  Accidental Coping: Comfort Reading

  Accidental Critic, Book Reviews

  Posted by Kim Kishbaugh

• 
  March 28th, 2020

  Via Basel: Circle of Being: Expansion & Contraction

  Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  March 16th, 2020

  Via Basel: A Perspective in the Age of Coronavirus

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  March 8th, 2020

  Via Basel: Uncle Ramzi, A Tribute

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  January 20th, 2020

  Via Basel: Just Mercy

  Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  December 31st, 2019

  Via Basel: Ring Out, Wild Bells

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  December 13th, 2019

  Via Basel: Father Tom Hurley

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  December 4th, 2019

  Pushcart Nominations in 2019

  Collage, EIL-Blog, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  October 15th, 2019

  Via Basel: Ode To Frank

  Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  October 2nd, 2019

  2019 Best of the Net Nominations

  Awards, EIL-Blog, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  September 20th, 2019

  Global Climate Strike Day, September 20, 2019

  EIL-Blog

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  September 8th, 2019

  Via Basel: Indiana Jones Explores Alaska

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  August 21st, 2019

  The Inheritance by Justin Hamm

  Book Reviews, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  July 27th, 2019

  Via Basel: A Birthday Celebration in the Wilderness

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 19th, 2019

  Passing Through Humansville by Karen Craigo

  Book Reviews, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  June 17th, 2019

  Via Basel: Little Man in the Big House

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 3rd, 2019

  Via Basel: Little Boy in the Big House

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  April 28th, 2019

  Via Basel: The Big House in Baghdad

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  March 31st, 2019

  Via Basel: Activism & Mindfulness

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  February 25th, 2019

  Life’s Matters: Strands of Controversy

  EIL-Blog, Life's Matters

  Posted by Nancy Heather Brown

• 
  February 10th, 2019

  Via Basel: My 60th Birthday Letter From Chris

  EIL-Blog, Escape-Into-Chris, Via Basel

  Posted by Mandy Al-Aswad

• 
  January 26th, 2019

  Life’s Matters: Affairs of the Hair

  EIL-Blog, Life's Matters

  Posted by Nancy Heather Brown

• 
  December 12th, 2018

  Book Review: Night Court

  Book Reviews, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  December 10th, 2018

  Book Review: My Girl’s Green Jacket

  Book Reviews, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  December 6th, 2018

  Via Basel: Her Last Gift

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  December 5th, 2018

  Pushcart Nominations in 2018

  Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  October 26th, 2018

  Via Basel: Sanctuary, Two Poems

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  September 26th, 2018

  Best of the Net Nominations 2018

  Awards, EIL-Blog

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  September 14th, 2018

  Accidental Critic: Moonglow

  Accidental Critic, Book Reviews, EIL-Blog

  Posted by Kim Kishbaugh

• 
  September 11th, 2018

  Via Basel: From Baghdad to Chicago

  Book Reviews, EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  July 25th, 2018

  During the Dog Days…

  EIL-Blog

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  July 24th, 2018

  Life’s Matters: Celebration

  Life's Matters

  Posted by Nancy Heather Brown

• 
  June 25th, 2018

  Via Basel: Interview with Kyra Woods, Part 2

  Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  June 25th, 2018

  Life’s Matters: A World of Social Acceptance

  Life's Matters

  Posted by Nancy Heather Brown

• 
  June 11th, 2018

  Via Basel: Interview with Kyra Woods, Sierra Club

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  May 7th, 2018

  Life’s Matters: Do Tolerance Laws Change Society?

  EIL-Blog, Life's Matters

  Posted by Nancy Heather Brown

• 
  April 26th, 2018

  Via Basel: Passions, Part 3

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  April 1st, 2018

  Accidental Critic: Puppets and Poems

  Accidental Critic, EIL-Blog

  Posted by Kim Kishbaugh

• 
  March 30th, 2018

  Accidental Critic: The South Side

  Accidental Critic, Book Reviews, EIL-Blog

  Posted by Kim Kishbaugh

• 
  March 27th, 2018

  Above the Dreamless Dead

  Book Reviews, EIL-Blog, Poetry

  Posted by Kathleen Kirk

• 
  March 26th, 2018

  Life’s Matters: Social Tolerance is Unacceptable

  Life's Matters

  Posted by Nancy Heather Brown

• 
  March 25th, 2018

  Accidental Critic: Protest Art, Alive and Well

  Accidental Critic, EIL-Blog

  Posted by Kim Kishbaugh

• 
  March 6th, 2018

  Accidental Critic: Fellow Travelers

  Accidental Critic, Book Reviews, EIL-Blog

  Posted by Kim Kishbaugh

• 
  March 5th, 2018

  Via Basel: Passions, Part 2: Mindfulness/Meditation

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  January 30th, 2018

  Via Basel: Passions, Part 1: Art & Literature

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

• 
  December 22nd, 2017

  Via Basel: Magnificent Mandy & Xmas Greetings

  EIL-Blog, Via Basel

  Posted by Basel Al-Aswad