It’s a time for heroes.
Dark clouds have gathered across the land, and we need brave men and women to help vanquish them. Continue reading “Here’s What We Need Now”
Love Letters
Whenever I teach Creative Nonfiction 101, I give my students a special assignment, a kind of show-and-tell for writers, to bring in a work of writing that moved them. Perhaps the most creative response came from the student who taught us a single word, saudade, a Portuguese term that is difficult to translate, meaning sadness tinged with yearning and a deep, penetrating ache. Continue reading “Love Letters”
Swapping Souls
It’s 1973. Four elderly World War I vets lie in a hospital ward. They bond, argue, reminisce, share dreams, discuss death. Donald, the one closest to the window, generously narrates to the others what’s passing by in the outside world. Continue reading “Swapping Souls”