Story or Essay
Diem Perdidi by Julie Otsuka It's a good example of the difference to a reader between a story and an essay. Ms. Otsuka could have…
Tag: Fiction
The Lonely Sentinel at Old Dorsey Church
“Leave the GPS in the SUV,” I say to my grandson. We stroll down the old road, abandoned two score years. Since the floods of…
The Waitress on the Red Vespa
There was a fresh person remarked upon at Chincoteague Island: the waitress on the red Vespa. Jonathan Dorsey had been at the beach house since…
Harrison Bergeron
Vonnegut's dystopia results from enforcing equality of results rather than equality of opportunity.
Reviewing Fiction
I came across something recently that's good advice for a casual reviewer. Instead of having to say you like something and write up thoughts, use…
Creative Writing Class
I spent forty hours developing a web site for my project. The regular college students looked aghast. That was more time than they could devote…