J.R. Jamison’s memoir Hillbilly Queer manages a rare feat in contemporary American writing. Jamison, a product of Cowan, Indiana who grew up with merciless hazing from peers because he’s gay, whose father once said, before knowing J.R. identified as such, “all queers go to hell…
I wish I knew how to handle writing about this with a touch light enough that my handful of friends and acquaintances and friends’ family members who’ve…
Hi folks. Here's something I wrote awhile back about writing poetry that made it online…
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Syracuse, IN author soars in collected vignettes-as-novel
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The babies usually come down the hallway while class is in session. I’ll be here in my corner of the square of hallways that is the English department…
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This is a quick note to “misconstrued prophesies” subscribers to let all know that I’m leading a poetry workshop independent of K-12 teaching for the…
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An exceptionally warm day in early March brightens the average Hoosier like any bona-fide spiritual experience would. That, or it might help one of us…
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