→ September 14, 2010
I’m devoting this music notes column to my Top Five books that rock, in honor of the Friends of Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Book Sale taking place this weekend September 17, 18, and 19. These are books I’ve read in years past that I hope have influenced my writing and probably have contributed [...]
→ September 14, 2010
Since candy stores are no longer prevalent, the phrase “like a kid in a candy store” can pretty much be archived. I have an idea for a resurrection. How about: “like a book-lover at the annual Friends of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Book Sale”? I know it’s wordy, but I swear it’s [...]
→ July 22, 2010
The Fireman I’ve been here for days. The lever, like the firm hand of someone’s father, clicks into place. I’ve been here for days, it seems, before the water starts to flow— a soft trickle, at first, a whisper of piss, basically, upon a symphony of flame. My watch face is not visible through the [...]
→ June 16, 2010
The following is a “found poem” by George Paris, local poet, who was inspired to rearrange and re-imagine some words he found in our current issue of seveneightfive. George Paris has a book signing event for his new book of poems, “A Distant Home,” this Saturday from 3-5 at the Blackbird Cafe and Bistro in [...]
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