Category Archives: Writing
Heavy Eating
Listen. Go get ten tablespoons of sugar, eight teaspoons of baking powder, four of salt. Get two cups of yogurt, two of milk, two of flour, one of cornstarch. Last, a dozen eggs, … Continue reading
Threshold and the Jolt of Pain
Turtles that “loom underwater like an apocryphal hippo,” or walk like some “grand, concise, slow-moving id; lions that roar “like pianos pushed along on hollow floors;” dogs with “epistolary anal glands”—Edward Hoagland’s writing is crammed with such similes and metaphors, … Continue reading
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Dogs and the Tug of Life
The chances of me ever owning a dog are slim to none, though not having one is one of my wife’s constant complaints. “Everyone has a dog but me!” She’s fond of the exaggeration, saying it in half—but only half—jest. I … Continue reading
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