Citizenship | Literature

Select novels, short stories, and nonfiction on contemporary life.

PROFILES IN SERVICE

Novels


  • Giraffe crossing Old Dominion.


  • The light is now returning


  • Apparently the grout in our shower has stopped doing the thing it was put there to do


  • Be at peace.


  • I picked a parcel with care and opened it to find a handsome cutting board crafted of wood felled in a New Hampshire forest. I aimed to keep the item and held it close to my chest.


  • It surprised me to learn that talking about writing might be a remedy for stagnating creativity


  • Far from loathsome, I found magic in the chill, and the magic felt transformative, wakeful.


  • His routine lasted ninety minutes and he seemed glad to do it.


  • Some books have a nice aroma.


  • when I show up at the Silver Diner or the Union or Founding Farmers, the cook better be ready with some ground beef to sizzle on the outside and toss on a bun.