Archive for May, 2009

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

“When Girls Called” by Sam Pierstorff

Sam Pierstorff WHEN GIRLS CALLED When I was in grade school and girls called, my mother always managed to pick up the phone first. She would ask, “Do you know my son is not supposed to talk to girls?” Of course they didn’t know, even I didn’t know why, except that my mom didn’t understand [...]

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Friday, May 1st, 2009

Two Poems by Todd Davis

Todd Davis INDIAN SUMMER after Andrew Wyeth’s “Indian Summer” (1970) Wakes us on a day in the north like a girl who has walked deep into the woods and finds herself among the shadows of tall pines, the smallest patch of sky startled at their tops. She stands on a slab of granite, warmed by [...]

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