The Job of the Novelist
(417 words) The kid reached into the darkness and pulled the book from the closet. It was by an unknown French existentialist. It must be a translation, he thought. His…
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The Job of the Novelist
Our American Dilemma
(992 words) American people, like people everywhere, have a nature. And human nature is such that, sometimes, we place too much value in what we don’t understand and, by not…
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Our American Dilemma
Traveling Light
There is a place in America that feels freer than the others. It’s an escape and it’s far enough away that it feels strange. The summertime Mountains of Colorado. Maybe…
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Traveling Light
Life In America
The land is so flat and open it seems like you’re looking clear across north America and that maybe the tips of Chicago’s skyscrapers will, on a clear day, be…
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Life In America