<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title>psychological Archives - Stephen Barkley</title> <atom:link href="https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/psychological/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/tag/psychological/</link> <description>Teacher | Writer | Practical Theologian</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 19:57:57 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5343192</site> <item> <title>Hummingbird Salamander | Jeff Vandermeer</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/06/16/hummingbird-salamander-jeff-vandermeer/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/06/16/hummingbird-salamander-jeff-vandermeer/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:30:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jeff Vandermeer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[McClelland & Stewart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[psychological]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weird fiction]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://stephenbarkley.com/?p=11352</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Just when you think you know what to from Vandermeer, he goes and does something new. Something brilliantly, disturbingly, new. With the world of Borne in my head (along with Strange Bird and Dead Astronauts), I fully expected to see some Franken-hybrid made up of Hummingbird and Salamander parts. Not so fast. Hummingbird Salamander is [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/06/16/hummingbird-salamander-jeff-vandermeer/">Hummingbird Salamander | Jeff Vandermeer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2021/06/16/hummingbird-salamander-jeff-vandermeer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11352</post-id> </item> <item> <title>A View From the Bridge | Arthur Miller</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/05/18/a-view-from-the-bridge-arthur-miller/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/05/18/a-view-from-the-bridge-arthur-miller/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Plays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arthur Miller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Penguin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[play]]></category> <category><![CDATA[psychological]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=7154</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Plays are like poetry in their economy of words. By necessity, plays pack a tremendous amount of character development and tension into a mere couple hours of dialogue. This is certainly true with Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge. Miller first heard the story of Eddie and his family from a water-front worker and decided to [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/05/18/a-view-from-the-bridge-arthur-miller/">A View From the Bridge | Arthur Miller</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2015/05/18/a-view-from-the-bridge-arthur-miller/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">7154</post-id> </item> <item> <title>The Island at the End of the World | Sam Taylor</title> <link>https://stephenbarkley.com/2013/01/21/the-island-at-the-end-of-the-world-sam-taylor/</link> <comments>https://stephenbarkley.com/2013/01/21/the-island-at-the-end-of-the-world-sam-taylor/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Barkley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dystopic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Penguin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[psychological]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sam Taylor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thriller]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://stephenbarkley.com/?p=5216</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This may be the residual effects of missing Lost speaking, but when I found a dystopic novel about a father who took his children to and island at the end of the world, I knew that I had to read it. Pa, the protagonist, is a truly frightening character. When you read the chapters written from [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com/2013/01/21/the-island-at-the-end-of-the-world-sam-taylor/">The Island at the End of the World | Sam Taylor</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stephenbarkley.com">Stephen Barkley</a>.</p> ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://stephenbarkley.com/2013/01/21/the-island-at-the-end-of-the-world-sam-taylor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">5216</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>