August 2010
12 posts
and so it ends...
it’s done. it’s really, really done. since August 13th of last year, i have read 365 short stories, 365 poems, and 365 essays. i’ve also written 52 short stories (plus a couple drabbles, a poem or two, and some spare bits of story fodder).
i have had a little bit of time to reflect on the experience and decided that wrapping things up today, on Uncle Ray’s 90th birthday, would be...
365
poem: doing is being - ray bradbury
essay: the beautiful bad weather - ray bradbury
story: the wonderful ice cream suit - ray bradbury
364
poem: my father’s lunch - erica funkhouser
essay: insert flap ‘a’ & throw away - s.j. perelman
story: the man who rowed christopher columbus ashore - harlan ellison
363
poem: my husband discovers poetry - diane lockward
essay: the hostess diaries - coco henson scales
story: the working slob’s prayer - poppy z. brite
362
poem: the happiest day - linda pastan
essay: of doubts & dreams - samuel r. delany
story: cage of brass - samuel r. delany
361
poem: now winter nights enlarge - thomas campion
essay: on juvenile tastes - c.s. lewis
story: death on the nile - connie willis
360
poem: the three kings - muriel spark
essay: brother can you spare a hyperlink - paul di filippo
story: the food farm - kit reed
359
poem: dawn revisited - rita dove
essay: plutonium for breakfast - robert silverberg
story: tupilak - terry tafoya
358
poem: ordinary life - barbara crooker
essay: a labor of love, and thumbs - kathi maio
story: the mist on the moor - diana l. paxson
357
poem: the con job - charles bukowski
essay: the thisness of what is - diane ackerman
story: section 7(a) (operational) - lee child
356
poem: calling him back from layoff - bob hicok
essay: introduction to ‘good poems for hard times’ - garrison keillor
story: graves - joe haldeman
355
poem: break of day - galway kinnell
essay: why i write girl heroes, for the most part - tamora pierce
story: in search of the bearded lady