Open Seas is an an ongoing series of short essays by Matthew Asprey Gear on literature, film, music, and travel.
- ‘The Black Prince’ (March 22, 2021 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation blog)
- ‘American Bacchanal’ (May 31, 2020).
- ‘From the Clyde to Silverado’ (May 8, 2020).
- ‘Carlos Fuentes on Reflection‘ (April 22, 2020).
- ‘Welles on the March!‘ (April 17, 2020).
- ‘Twain Goes West‘ (April 11, 2020).
- ‘Shylock Must Die‘ (August 23, 2018).
- ‘Julie Bertuccelli in Georgia and Australia‘ (February 11, 2018).
- ‘Hemingway’s Garden‘ (February 3, 2018).
- ‘Romance in Durango‘ (January 20, 2018).
- ‘Lewis’s Loyalty‘ (December 18, 2017).
- ‘The Interpretive Impulse‘ (December 2, 2017).
- ‘Ozick’s Opening Salvo‘ (November 12, 2017).
- ‘Lonely Avenidas‘ (October 22, 2017).
- ‘Sodom with Piña Coladas‘ (October 8, 2017).
- ‘Homage to Granada‘ (September 23, 2017).
- ‘Lester Goran, Wiseguy‘ (September 10, 2017).