Essays

My earliest memories of music are tied to the album Reckoning by The Grateful Dead. I borrowed the CD from my dad sometime around 7th or 8th grade, mostly out of curiosity. I may have heard a friend mention the …

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 …