J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Eddie: That sounded like an explosion at the old Simpson place. Chief Wiggum: Forget it. That’s two blocks away.

Bart (Nancy Cartwright) is widely known as the ultimate prankster of Springfield. Without this ne'er-do-well's ability to tap into the spirit of youth, Bartmania (and, by extension, The Simpsons' ...