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I Shot the Moon, Calamari Press, 41 / 41, SLEEPINGFISH 8
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Exits Are: An Interview with Mike Meginnis
“A conversation is a journey, and what gives it value is fear.” So says Anne Carson. Exits Are is a…
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[In which I elaborate on an earlier post, “Slow Writing?“] In thinking about my earlier contention that writing ought to…