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99 New: Beer Line
What if he admitted it all and apologized? What if he said that he had had a terrible drinking problem, had experienced black-outs, knew that he’d done wretched things while drunk but had gone through treatment or got religion and still goes to AA… Continue Reading “99 New: Beer Line”
99 New: Dog Grief
I’m having a hard time because my dog died yesterday. We had a hand in his death. It’s not like he just expired peacefully in his little bed although we had been waiting for that to happen. Our dog was flinty and tough. He… Continue Reading “99 New: Dog Grief”
99 New: Soup
Sometimes you know you’re going to write about something because writing about things that happen is what you do but you know, because you’ve lived a long time and earned the right to be wise, that sometimes it’s too soon to write about a… Continue Reading “99 New: Soup”
99 New: Two Bits
Left on the dresser, the last time he emptied his pockets before dying on the bathroom floor, a jackknife, a folded-up note, and two bits.
99 New: Popper
I was introduced tonight by someone I’ve known for some time as a community consultant and gadfly. I took this as a compliment (which is, I think, how it was intended) and then I looked up the definition. Gadfly – 1: any of various… Continue Reading “99 New: Popper”
99 New: The Fireman at the Writing Conference
He is wearing jeans that have been washed 10,000 times, white crew socks, and sneakers that are old enough to have broken shoelaces although they don’t. His shirt is worn and soft, plaid and loose, like a shirt you’d grab out of a bin… Continue Reading “99 New: The Fireman at the Writing Conference”
99 New: Funeral Day
No one will notice If she avoids the mourning Many others won’t ________________ Photo by Anh Nguyen on Unsplash
99 New: Smoked
I quit smoking because we adopted a baby with asthma. Before that, I smoked all the time, sometimes having a lit cigarette going while I was in the shower, reaching out with wet fingers to take a drag. It was an all-the-time thing, my… Continue Reading “99 New: Smoked”
Equal Wipes
Sometimes I forget how mad I used to get about the lack of free and available menstrual supplies in public places. Some important institutions have changed: Milwaukee County, City of Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and numerous small establishments. But the big public facility I… Continue Reading “Equal Wipes”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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