Excuse me, I Used To Live Here

On the Fourth of July, a car pulled up to the front of my house and a woman I guessed to be about my age came to the door. Seeing that she was not holding a clipboard or pamphlets, I greeted her in a friendly manner. Perhaps she was having car troubles. Perhaps she was [...]

Because I Could Not Stop for Billy--

I know what you’re thinking: Quel triptych. But the other night while driving home from work at the library, I turned on the radio and by chance, tuned into one of my many personal holy trinities: Terry Gross interviewing poet Billy Collins about….wait for it….Emily Dickinson! Billy Collins has written the introduction to the Modern [...]