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Long before K and I became an item a year ago, I was a fan of her writing. fifteen years ago, tried unsuccessfully to get my publisher to give her a book deal on the strength of a zine called Weirdo Du Jour. Now there’s a book. She says it wouldn’t have happened without myContinue reading “Ornery Cuss”

I don’t have that many personal connections to Evanston, Illinois. My friend, Bill, works at Northwestern University and my old friend, Tom, lived and died there, as did my friend, Tony, more recently. It’s a suburb connected to the city by public transportation which links it in my mind with Brookline, Massachusetts, where my parentsContinue reading “Northwestern”

I pulled an old paperback of William Gass’s first novel, Omensetter’s Luck, off the shelf at the bookstore one afternoon when I was done shelving and needed a break. It starts with an estate sale and an old man hanging around, talking at whoever will listen. I took the book home. I’ve been avoiding GassContinue reading “Omen Setter”