Ten years ago, I stood on Brian Evenson’s front porch in Providence, R.I., minutes away from Brown University where he taught. He asked me to pick him up. The recycling bin was out and I made a mental note of the organic cereal boxes inside. This is … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Blackwell, Robert Palm, and the Importance of Mentors
This is the premise for a TV show called The Infirmary I pitched with Robert Palm in 2012. The script and the premise are damn good--first woman doctor in the United States, Walt Whitman and Body Snatchers!--and I'm as proud of this pilot as I am of … [Read more...]
Contusions
That morning that I woke up bruised, I couldn’t quite remember what I’d done the night before, or how I’d come to be unwittingly so blue. You were selfinflicted, so I knew that it would somehow be my fault, but still I looked for clues … [Read more...]
The Imaginary Order
It all goes to shit the second we lie down: the blueberries left in the sink, a house key never returned. An old lover’s new lover -- fivefootnine, blonde hair, dark eyebrows, tight black skirt, forearms resting on the side rail of the pool … [Read more...]
Economics
Ken Cormier is a teacher, performance poet, independent radio producer, and musician. He is the author of two collections of stories and poems: Balance Act (Insomniac Press 2000) and The Tragedy in My Neighborhood (Dead Academics Press 2010). He has … [Read more...]
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