I met her on the corner of a street and an avenue. "We didn't fix anything," she told me. She was no-nonsense, a fast-walker,... more
My mother is in every room of her house. The kitchen keeps her fingerprints in the flour jar, her lipstick stains on the wine... more
I discovered Yannick Murphy through her Bookworm interview and bought a copy of Here They Come (McSweeney's Books,... more
Sex and Kindness
Rachel left Mac and walked down the dirt road next to the river. She was leaving him for good. A truck drove... more
Transportation
Come dusk the lie will prevail, and even those who know... more
"I don't really know how to put it across," said the private detective.
Birds of spring flew across the bright sky behind the... more
Miguel speaks Spanish and I speak Spanish and Miguel has no idea I do. He lays block while I bring block... more
Temporary People is subtitled "A Fable." What does that mean to you? And how do you think the fable adapts to... more
ADLERIAN THEORY
A little girl in a red princess-style coat with a checkered lining, aged three. She's on tiptoe on... more
Here is the house. Its siding contains asbestos. Its paint contains lead. This is what we were told every time we got caught... more
"Sometimes things aren't supposed to change," Billy would say, lying in bed while rubbing my back, when we got to talking about... more
There was no place to get it on.
There are bulky strange men in the kitchen, they are laying new black and white... more
The Living Room
This is where we watch TV, where we entertain guests and let them add to the walls. You can see some of the... more
My son thinks he's French.
His accent was cute at first, but it's starting to get on my nerves. If he asks for... more
It takes a lot to get me to read an entire book. I buy, borrow and steal books by the hundreds, but the actual... more
C.J. Hribal (a.k.a. – Juice Hardball) is a stone cold baseball freak. The kind of guy who can tell you who played third... more
Cory glares at me across the room. His left eye is swollen and purple. If you look closely you can see his veins throb as... more
If the game of baseball is a narrative in numbers, try this one on for size: on Saturday March 30, 2008,... more
I Telltale
My dad still has the lanky, deceptively thin frame typical of most pitchers, with long, gibbon-like arms – he is 6'2' but... more
I've seen em all.
The pretty boys with all the talent and not an ounce of sack.
The Latinos so flashy they trick you... more
When I was a kid, my dad took me to a Mets game at Shea on my birthday. I remember walking... more
I have been set on fire and pushed down these steep cinderblock steps. The people here have snapped the bones of... more
To the editor:
I enjoyed your baseball preview issue but wholeheartedly disagree with your predictions for the... more
A swing and a miss.
And now the lone samurai
Returns to the bench.
- Ted... more
I had worked in a bottle factory, a bottle-top factory, a paper factory, a nut factory, a bolt factory, a clock factory, a wall... more
