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Chapter Fourteen: A Broken Spirit Dries the Bones

(THE curtain rises on a small-town grocery store. Upstage, aisles of dry goods and displays of jerkies, sanitary wipes, and organic chips…

Oct 29

Chapter Fourteen: A Broken Spirit Dries the Bones

Oct 29

Chapter Thirteen: Lost in the Supermarket

FOR a fun Friday night, in lieu of lighting a candle to St. Francis of Assisi, J. turned an iron upside down on a coathanger in the…

Mar 28

Chapter Thirteen: Lost in the Supermarket

Mar 28

Chapter Twelve: The Stoical Scheme

SO Blue was back. That was fine by J. Her return also seemed to coincide with a rapprochement between Blue Sr. and J.’s uncle. That was…

Oct 27, 2022

Chapter Twelve: The Stoical Scheme

Oct 27, 2022

Chapter Eleven: Busby Berkeley Dreams

L’AUTOMNE déjà. Royal as spring is clown, in der Klage um Linos. A story in vain, chased by winter. Fall again.

Oct 27, 2022

Chapter Eleven: Busby Berkeley Dreams

Oct 27, 2022

Chapter Ten: Qui Transtulit Sustinet

LEAVE a city. Return to a city. A city takes no note of the motes that float across its wide blind eye.

Dec 21, 2021

Chapter Ten: Qui Transtulit Sustinet

Dec 21, 2021

Chapter Nine: Goodbye to All That

A decision came to J., snuck in on the tips of its toes, settled atop his ear bones, and whispered five words over and over every day for a…

May 18, 2021

Chapter Nine: Goodbye to All That

May 18, 2021

Chapter Eight: Isle of Joy

PACKED on the midnight bus to Manhattan, J. went back to find what was left of the world he left behind not so long ago. Arrived early…

Dec 19, 2020

Chapter Eight: Isle of Joy

Dec 19, 2020

Chapter Seven: Know What Detours Are

THESE are the war years or the postwar years or the interwar years or the intrawar years or the antiwar years or the nonwar years…

Apr 14, 2020

Chapter Seven: Know What Detours Are

Apr 14, 2020

Chapter Six: Were Most of Your Stars Out?

AFTER work, J. sat on the steps outside the diner or the late-nite solitude bench in the park across the street while his pulse cooled…

Dec 14, 2019

Chapter Six: Were Most of Your Stars Out?

Dec 14, 2019

Chapter Five: Fight Song

QUEUE up every tune you can think of for a mix tape about school. The Replacements missing the bus to stay cool, The Ramones looking for…

Aug 11, 2018

Chapter Five: Fight Song

Aug 11, 2018

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