Should she write about the wonders of nature and say it’s okay to lie on the beach forever without any sunscreen

The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask

He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,

The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner

Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps

Time’s a jet plane when you’re young. You go to school get a good job marry someone nice

There’s always something. Like the growth you found under your arm showering this morning but you decided to go

In a life with many valleys and a few mountaintops Alvin has met many people he thought were normal and others he thought not.

Sometimes a person can go too far, Mickey said, two stools over downing another beer,

I never think about bison. After all, I live in St. Louis, why should I? But when I went hunting for quail in Montana

He doesn’t understand distressed j… Designer jeans with rents and tear… look like the rags he grew up in wearing other people’s discards. His mother got his jeans from a ch…

Made in America means different things to different people. In 1998 they made our old Camry in Japan.

In a long marriage couples communicate in so many ways, often in silence. In recent years I rise very early and now leave post-it notes

They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture