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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

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Jim Esch
Jim Esch

Stories

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Rick Rubin on submerging in great works

The benefits may surprise you — I’ve been reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being, a set of meditations on the creative process by Rick Rubin, the famed record producer. I received the book as a kind gift from a friend and have been lapping it up like a thirsty dog. In one of the…

Rick Rubin

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Rick Rubin on submerging in great works
Rick Rubin on submerging in great works
Rick Rubin

3 min read


May 31

Ease Away

She was sick, sick of being wanted, and wanted out. A story. — Shirley was attending a satellite reception for the annual Health Insurance Institute of America convention. She skittered through the crowd like a pebble on a sheet of water. People acted like it was a big privilege to be there. Her perspective? Not so much. She had been sick for days…

Fiction

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Ease Away
Ease Away
Fiction

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May 23

Petting the Cat

Poem —

Poem

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Petting the Cat
Petting the Cat
Poem

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May 20

Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt”

When wish fulfillment runs off the rails — “The Veldt” is the lead-off story in Ray Bradbury’s collection The Illustrated Man. 72 years ago, Ray Bradbury imagined a dystopian America rife with technological conveniences by way of domestic microcosm: a nuclear family comfortably ensconced in a cutting-edge house. …

Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt”
Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt”
Ray Bradbury

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May 19

With what eyes?

A poem —

Poetry

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With what eyes?
With what eyes?
Poetry

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May 18

The Worst Excuse

Poem —

Poem

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The Worst Excuse
The Worst Excuse
Poem

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May 14

Eating shredded wheat

haiku —

Haiku

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Eating shredded wheat
Eating shredded wheat
Haiku

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May 11

The Sad Professors

a poem — The inspiration for this poem was listening to “Sad Professor” by R.E.M. while commuting home from work. dark mud slop shoulders the silver stream, bent trees stuck, brambles clumped like sad professors. the liquid mirrors their fears slivers the glen ambiguously as blackbirds cut a brazen sky after rainfall. on…

Poetry

2 min read

The Sad Professors
The Sad Professors
Poetry

2 min read


May 6

John Wesley Harding: A digital album shootout

Comparing digital audio versions of a classic Dylan album — After Bob Dylan’s July 1966 motorcycle accident, he retreated into obscurity. Nobody knew what he was up to, really. Rumors abounded. A little over a year later, he was back in a Columbia recording studio in Nashville. The sessions took three days. …

Music

9 min read

John Wesley Harding: A digital album shootout
John Wesley Harding: A digital album shootout
Music

9 min read


Mar 16

I Won’t Be in Class

Found senryu

Senryu

1 min read

I Won’t Be in Class
I Won’t Be in Class
Senryu

1 min read

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