This weekend, Birmingham-born jazz musician Sun Ra was briefly featured in an episode of “The Simpsons.” In the episode, titled “Convenience Airways,” sister Lisa attempts to entertain baby Maggie ...

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 ...

“Lisa’s Substitute,” a season-two episode of The Simpsons written by one of the most reliably great storytellers in the show’s history, Jon Vitti, may not have been the first Simpsons episode to make ...

The Simpsonsis among the most influential television shows of all-time, and not just in the genre of comedy, or medium of animation. By offering a satirical take on what the “nuclear American family” ...

There are few relationships in The Simpsonsas interesting as the bond between Lisa and Bart, as the show offers an interesting dynamic that may prove to be relatable to anyone that has ever had a ...