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Spring Cleaning: A Novel

Spring Cleaning: A Novel

In the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania, a young man abandons his wife and baby on an odyssey exploring the contours of freedom and responsibility.

2021

Stories

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Indian Summer Night

poem

Sep 29

Indian Summer Night

Sep 29

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haiku: flesh flies

swatting flesh flies something must have died in the wall end of summer

Aug 31

haiku: flesh flies

Aug 31

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haiku: after meditation

after meditation searching for reading glasses that were on my face

Aug 18

Aug 18

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haiku

cat on the window sill gray morning — the smell of rain before it rains

Aug 17

haiku

Aug 17

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haiku

summer cicadas I clip nails outside—in Yoshino cedar a catbird replies

Aug 16

haiku

Aug 16

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Plutarch and political violence

I’ve been reading Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, and have noticed a pattern.

Jul 22

Plutarch and political violence

Jul 22

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At the office

A poem about surviving the work day

May 25

At the office

May 25

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Brian Wilson’s “That Lucky Old Sun” Shootout, Vinyl vs. CD

In this shootout, I’ll be comparing CD and vinyl versions of the Brian Wilson solo album, That Lucky Old Sun, released on Capitol Records…

Feb 18

Brian Wilson’s “That Lucky Old Sun” Shootout, Vinyl vs. CD

Feb 18

Jim Esch

Remembering the Magnum Easy Eyes

Homage to a vintage paperback classics series

Jan 12

Remembering the Magnum Easy Eyes

Jan 12

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My year in books, 2023

I hope you’ve had a nice holiday season. It’s time for my annual roundup of books read over the course of the year.

Jan 7

My year in books, 2023

Jan 7

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Jim Esch

Book Author

Writer, podcaster, youtuber, music: https://breakthroughshine.bandcamp.com Substack: https://eschorama.substack.com/ Buy me coffee: https://ko-fi.com/eschorama

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