The questions I would have asked you when I was 10, after you passed away: Why did you choose a Canadian baseball team to support? Why did you buy their…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayMy Grandfather Survived the 1918 Pandemic, Only To Be Bitten by the African Tse-Tse Fly
“Don’t move.” From the passenger seat behind me, Bryan grabbed my headrest and pulled himself up. “That is one big bug,” he said with excess enthusiasm. “Where?” I whispered. “On top…
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My grandfather’s house stood on the corner of Beech Street in northeast Portland. The two-story home, shaded by tall and leafy trees, sat adjacent to a garage, a workspace filled…
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Image Credit: Edwin Carmona “Every dictatorship, whether of man or party, leads to the two forms that schizophrenia loves most: the monologue and the mausoleum.” —Octavio Paz Joe…