Essays

I was in northern Michigan with friends and someone mentioned that Ernest Hemingway used to drink at a bar in Petoskey. That random comment stuck with me—it was the first time an author’s name felt like more than just text …

One of the reasons I read fiction is to expand my perspective and see the world from a different vantage point. A great novel might do this once or twice; a poem can permanently shift your worldview with just a …