I got into a voice working on a short piece. A friend and I are working on some writing exercises together. Our first item is a short, tight piece involving a man and woman who have some relationship — either family or sexual. I floundered around for ideas, but the one I couldn’t keep out of [...]
One of my favorite authors died tonight. Kurt Vonnegut was 84. Loving his goofy, bleakly humored novels seems like some guilty pleasure to me. I remember once when I went back to visit my favorite English professor at the University of Iowa years after graduation, he asked me what I was reading. Already embarrassed that I [...]
The Iowa weather’s turned cold again. We had wonderful weather, spring waking up the ground and the trees. Now, there are lazy fat flakes in the morning sky, just enough to remind me that April likes to tease. I got used to the warmth, actually. Seven days in the Carribbean will do that, extreme sunburn [...]
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