Several years ago while researching my book, Literary Philadelphia: A History of Poetry & Prose in the City of Brotherly […]
About: Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels: Rooming houses could help with Philly’s overpriced housing market
Several years ago while browsing through the Rooms Wanted section of Philadelphia Craigslist, I found that many of the ads […]
Thom Nickels: Theosophists in Philadelphia
In the 1970s I lived for a time in a second floor apartment in a building that also served as […]
Thom Nickels: Philly’s cultural revolution
The fallout from Philadelphia’s June 2020 George Floyd riots worked to radicalize the city’s cultural and arts communities. Shortly after […]
Thom Nickels: Reforming the reforms in church architecture
While touring a number of Roman Catholic churches in Austria some time ago, I was struck by the haphazard clash […]
Thom Nickels: First-world diets
While traveling with fellow journalists several years ago in the Middle East, one thing became apparent to me: most of […]
Thom Nickels: A day at the polls
I’d been working the polls as a Republican committee person in my Old Richmond neighborhood for about four hours when […]
Thom Nickels: Philadelphia’s grande dame of the essay
In the heart of Center City Philadelphia there is a small graveyard alongside the church of Saint John the Evangelist. […]
Thom Nickels: Four years ago, Election Day in Philly was bizarre. Will it be crazy again in 2024?
On Election Day 2020, I entered my local polling place in Philadelphia expecting to cast my vote for President when […]