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A Head Like Rock Maple
If you read my stuff, you know I’m a delicate flower—exquisitely sensitive—and a lover, not a fighter. But a self-reflective...
False Impressions
Is burnout a big force, like depression or exhaustion? Or is it an “incremental perturbation,” as John Barth calls drama...
Vietnam, Part 3
My cohort in the Miami MFA was a bit older and more diverse than others. We had among us a...
Vietnam, Part 2
I’ve always been interested in how we know where to go before we know why. It felt accidental some years...
Shakespeare's 7 Ages of the College Teacher
1. Cluelessness2. Terror3. Hope4. Competence5. Hubris6. Comeuppance7. Sabbatical Note: Adjuncts should omit Age 7 and carry on with Age 6...
Vietnam, Part 1
It was a fair start, for an ironical life, to be born American in Saigon, Vietnam, on Ho Chi Minh’s...
Is There a Grant to Study This?
A student pouted at me in conference today and said she doesn’t care about writing or reading well. She wants...
Churm House, Part 2
My wife makes more money as an internationalization coordinator than I have ever made, even as a corporate writer. That’s...