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Nature and Nurture
I think people sometimes take for granted the kind of environment they grow up in, and how it plays a part in shaping who they become. Of course we all know that’s a given, that we’re influenced by our...
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Life with a house
I feel like I’m at the end of the strangest and somewhat stressful three or four months of my life. More stressful than those first few months of living in Japan even, getting used to a different...
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Literary Homemaking
Being a writer, I own lots of books. I’m sure there are probably some writers who don’t feel compelled to own walls and walls of books, and perhaps there are even some writers who have slowed down in...
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Dreaming backwards
In another month and a half it will be three years since I returned home from Japan. Some days it feels as if I just got back. I’m not sure of what that’s an indication, other than my life became the...
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Important things
Drove north and east to visit Erie, PA today, where my writing pals Alan DeNiro and Kristin Livdahl were visiting Alan’s parents. Had a great several hours to talk and catch up with them before having...
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Reality Hunger
I’m reading David Shields’ new book, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto. It’s a really engaging nonlinear, non narrative, at times lyrical essay, always structured by way of collage or mosaic, appropriating...
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Map for a Forgotten Valley and 631
Dear Locals (and those traveling nearby) who will be around Youngstown on February 15th. I am giving a reading from my series of creative nonfiction vignettes called “Map for a Forgotten Valley”,...
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My anger is that I was put on the market
After writing about Leonora Carrington today, I was perusing Youtube and came across this clip from a documentary about her life, which also includes a filmed rendition of her short story, “The...
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Sneak Peeks of Before and Afterlives (A Resurrection Artist)
Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll occasionally be posting previews from the 17 stories in my new short story collection, Before and Afterlives. If you like what you read, take a hop over to your...
View ArticleNature and Nurture
I think people sometimes take for granted the kind of environment they grow up in, and how it plays a part in shaping who they become. Of course we all know that’s a given, that we’re influenced by our...
View ArticleLife with a house
I feel like I’m at the end of the strangest and somewhat stressful three or four months of my life. More stressful than those first few months of living in Japan even, getting used to a different...
View ArticleLiterary Homemaking
Being a writer, I own lots of books. I’m sure there are probably some writers who don’t feel compelled to own walls and walls of books, and perhaps there are even some writers who have slowed down in...
View ArticleDreaming backwards
In another month and a half it will be three years since I returned home from Japan. Some days it feels as if I just got back. I’m not sure of what that’s an indication, other than my life became the...
View ArticleImportant things
Drove north and east to visit Erie, PA today, where my writing pals Alan DeNiro and Kristin Livdahl were visiting Alan’s parents. Had a great several hours to talk and catch up with them before having...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reality Hunger
I’m reading David Shields’ new book, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto. It’s a really engaging nonlinear, non narrative, at times lyrical essay, always structured by way of collage or mosaic, appropriating...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Map for a Forgotten Valley and 631
Dear Locals (and those traveling nearby) who will be around Youngstown on February 15th. I am giving a reading from my series of creative nonfiction vignettes called “Map for a Forgotten Valley”,...
View ArticleMy anger is that I was put on the market
After writing about Leonora Carrington today, I was perusing Youtube and came across this clip from a documentary about her life, which also includes a filmed rendition of her short story, “The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sneak Peeks of Before and Afterlives (A Resurrection Artist)
Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll occasionally be posting previews from the 17 stories in my new short story collection, Before and Afterlives. If you like what you read, take a hop over to your...
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