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The sky whales sulk in, singing rain. Woodpeckers rally for something alive in the lifting clapboard of the sinking house. A human

It was all bidden. To say otherwise meant ghosts were real, and spirits in forests no longer standing but being mined and

Inlet the way a river does: the mouth a black dog lapping a bowl of stars. The same kid always wins, shows

Cast of Characters Judy and Joni: adult Nebraska farm women, any race Larry and Kyle: their husbands, any race. Setting & Synopsis

Cast of Characters PETE: Male, age 71. An expatriated American. Loose fitting clothing. Hair and beard are getting a little shaggy. He’s

DRAMATIS PERSONAE X:  the husband, a farmer Y: the wife, a farmer SCENE Let the bright and blinding lights come suddenly in

   Four Months After the Move What can I say to cheer you up? We have lake-effect snow and there’s a fence

Every city in America gives graveyard to decaying giants. Abandoned stadiums, hotels, subway stops, factories, and dried waterways: they wait in hiding,

You’ll know when it’s time to let go. That’s what I’d always heard, although never from my father. My dad was still

A little north of her campground and just west of the nearby stream, there is a low-branching tree that blooms like white