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Originally published in Chicken Soup for the Soul (2017) In a way, my grandmother Victoria knew me better than myself. She recalls when I was around seven years old and wanted to be a pastor. A lifelong Pentecostal, my grandmother fully supported this career move. She even bought me a tiny blue suit so I could […]

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Originally published in Newtown Literary 1.  Art walked to the coffee shop feeling half-dead. He expected to be the first in line that Saturday morning, his hand at the cafe’s door just 30 seconds after they opened. But a pack of jocks had somehow beaten him to the front.  He had been fired from his […]

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“Writing” was first published in Understory Writing Writing—contemplation, gratitude     honesty, self-reliance     self-discovery, the can opener to the soul— Writing, Whatever you are— You have my love. Writing, that strange presence that is Full of me and not me. Writing, Pallas Athena Passing her palm along my cheek Blessing me with wisdom. Wisdom that […]

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Originally published in Cirque Literary Journal Beverly McGrew was a nice woman of 53.  Born and raised in the Yorkville area of Manhattan, Beverly McGrew had, after a brief year or two of prostitution and dreams of Broadway stardom snapped, spent her entire professional career as an administrative assistant at The New School for Social […]

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Originally published in Chicken Soup for the Soul (2017) In a way, my grandmother Victoria knew me better than myself. She recalls when I was around seven years old and wanted to be a pastor. A lifelong Pentecostal, my grandmother fully supported this career move. She even bought me a tiny blue suit so I could […]

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