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Doomed Couples

In 1960, Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus won the National Book Award.  The title story of the collection is a novella that tells of the doomed romance between Neil Klugman, a recent class college graduate who works in a library and … Continue reading

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Sense Memory and a Boy Scout Camp

I have always been envious of writers who are able to effectively render the natural world.  I grew up in the city so in some sense, nature is a foreign land to me.  It is, however, a foreign land in … Continue reading

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September in Maryland

Joshua Winslow New York 24th Hagerstown, Maryland September 11, 1862 Miss Sarah Davison Winslow, New York My Dearest Sarah, After a hard march of five days, we have stopped, at least momentarily. We are near Hagerstown, Maryland. I’m not sure … Continue reading

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Words of Love

Does this work for you: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou are more lovely and more temperate Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date: How about … Continue reading

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Compartments

I have compartments of many shapes and sizes In which I order my life Some are locked; many are neglected. In a dusty old box marked “Unfinished Business” I keep a manuscript, a sibling feud, And all the apologies I … Continue reading

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