The Uneasy Comfort of a Ghost

Today is a one word in front of the other kind of day. For some, feet are best, but since I make my progress mostly in language, I’ll hold with words. The list beside me – written on a list labeled “Today” and bordered by peacock feathers ...

When A New Book Project Glimmers

I don’t know how it happens for you – whether you’re like John Irving and know the last sentence to which you will write, or maybe you hear a character speaking in your mind, maybe it’s just something that gets you so fired up that you...

If You Had Been A Slave

You wake in the morning just before the sun comes up. You’ve trained yourself to do this, to steal these quiet few minutes just for yourself.  Next to you, your wife lies sound asleep, her hair spiraled out like an aura around her head.  Nearby, your children...