The Assumption of Abe Lincoln: 2 Haikus Fan my arms to fly,tailcoat springing body loose Shoes and stockings drop earthward, vanishing in the coffin train’s…
This Side of Hell, by Brett Cogburn, is a Western novel that takes place in the California area of the Sonoran Desert, where a treasure…
The US Census provides not only interesting demographic statistics. It is of historical importance in itself: the questions asked reflect the social concerns that loom…
The meat of the United States Census, taken every ten years, is the body of statistics drawn up on the people questioned. Yet the questions…
On this 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth, it seems only right to post about leaves of grass. Not Leaves of Grass, but actual grass,…
My write-up of Dave Eggers’ The Parade is up at The Millions. Read it here. The plot of the book is deceptively simple: a guy…