Category: a short story for america

Jul 14

Martha’s Vineyard by Zoom

I’ll be talking about my book, “Limericks of Loss And Regret,” at the Oak Bluffs Public Library in an event moderated by the elegant and affable globetrotter Carolina Cooney. I’ll be reading several of my short stories (and shorter limericks) whilst expounding preciously on the special torment of being a writer. Please join us by …

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Jul 03

This Time Tomorrow: July 3, 1776

declaration of independence signatures

Today we hoist a Button Gwinnett for bittersweet but necessary departures.

Sep 11

Manifest Density: A Superhaiku of 50/70/50 lines

We are working from a weapons-grade tub of mayonnaise; each child has dipped his personalized mayoladle—an engraved heirloom presented at puberty—and covers his chicharrones in substance. We will prove to the scientists that we can expand faster than gas, farther than the confines of the universe.They say we consume, but this is a lie; our …

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