People’s behavior is seldom as simple as some moral failing. Things like family, poverty, oppression, tradition, values and culture influence the situations people find themselves in. Even the worst characters want the same things we all want—joy, peace, love, and dignity.… more
Tag Archives: RAYMOND CARVER
GATEWAY TO NIRVANA
Moans from the Condiment Fridge by Frank ReardonThe humor, the hatred of day jobs, the drinking, the gambling on life, the madness of the grind, giving away your soul for pennies on the dollar, I knew that world. I lived in that world.… more
On Subtraction and Rereading
CREATIVE NONFICTION by James Valvis“I was being trained like the masters of old. They did not generally have large libraries. They often had only six or seven books and from these books they learned their craft… more
