Category: Essays & Reflections

• American Movie Classics

  Dear American Movie Classics, (the channel.) “Under Siege 2” is not a classic American movie. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Robert Hiraeth.

  Robert Hiraeth

  7th February 2026

  Essays & Reflections

  classic movie, movie, movies, observation

• Publication

  I just wanted to share that the 2024 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology is now avaliable on Amazon. https://a.co/d/dyzQOhp Included is my award winning piece “Courage” which starts on page 21. Thank you to all that have supported my writing journey so far.

  Robert Hiraeth

  5th January 2026

  Essays & Reflections, Short Fiction

  anthology, author, books, PEN America, PEN Prison Writing Award 2024, publication, published, published author, reading, writing

• What relationships have a positive impact on you?

  I have been developing a deeply intimate relationship with the music of Gunship. For a while I had veered into the gloom drenched halls of Doom Metal. There I sat, head bowed to the slow drop C fuzz of heavy electric bass, each note an inevitable step towards the void through a fog of funereal…

  Robert Hiraeth

  30th December 2025

  Essays & Reflections

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