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Jim Esch

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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

My year in books, 2024

The highs and lows of books completed

Dec 27, 2024

My year in books, 2024

Dec 27, 2024

Indian Summer Night

poem

Sep 29, 2024

Indian Summer Night

Sep 29, 2024

haiku: flesh flies

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

Aug 31, 2024

haiku: flesh flies

Aug 31, 2024

haiku: after meditation

after meditation searching for reading glasses that were on my face

Aug 18, 2024

Aug 18, 2024

haiku

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

Aug 17, 2024

haiku

Aug 17, 2024

haiku

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

Aug 16, 2024

haiku

Aug 16, 2024

Plutarch and political violence

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

Jul 22, 2024

Plutarch and political violence

Jul 22, 2024

At the office

A poem about surviving the work day

May 25, 2024

At the office

May 25, 2024

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, 2024

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

Feb 18, 2024

Remembering the Magnum Easy Eyes

Homage to a vintage paperback classics series

Jan 12, 2024

Remembering the Magnum Easy Eyes

Jan 12, 2024