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The Only One Whom We Know There

The Only One Whom We Know There

“Come now, curse this people, since they are too mighty for me,” the Moabite ruler Balak entreated the prophet Balaam. He was afraid of the people of Israel, for the...

The Only One Whom We Know There

“Come now, curse this people, since they are too mighty for me,” the Moabite ruler Balak entreated the prophet Balaam. He was afraid of the people of Israel, for the...

Nevertheless Come Autumn

Nevertheless Come Autumn

Our hard-burning summer has shattered into September and slow rain at last. I took my little brother on a picnic yesterday afternoon and we The Hobbit read under an umbrella...

Nevertheless Come Autumn

Our hard-burning summer has shattered into September and slow rain at last. I took my little brother on a picnic yesterday afternoon and we The Hobbit read under an umbrella...

On The Commonplace Book: The Need To Keep Records of Words Not Ours

On The Commonplace Book: The Need To Keep Recor...

A great writer is a professional reader. The man who strings words that everyone reads, the story-smith who compiles fascinating fictions, the bard who sings the language that wakes us...

On The Commonplace Book: The Need To Keep Recor...

A great writer is a professional reader. The man who strings words that everyone reads, the story-smith who compiles fascinating fictions, the bard who sings the language that wakes us...

The Lame Shall Enter First

The Lame Shall Enter First

“We’re trying to be faithful,but we’re cheatin’, cheatin’, cheatin’,” sings Regina Spektor in a song that I have come to think of as the theme track for The Complete Stories...

The Lame Shall Enter First

“We’re trying to be faithful,but we’re cheatin’, cheatin’, cheatin’,” sings Regina Spektor in a song that I have come to think of as the theme track for The Complete Stories...

Staying Power

Staying Power

Originally published in Poetry Magazine, this is a poem to knock the breath right out of you.

Staying Power

Originally published in Poetry Magazine, this is a poem to knock the breath right out of you.