Murphy Writing of Stockton College Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Taylor Coyle that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. A Murmur of Growing Intensity from Killing the Messenger by Thomas Peele That bright, sunny morning seemed like just another day. I had moved to California seven years earlier and had only recently committed to staying longer, having just turned down a good newspaper job in New Jersey. That summer I was in the throes of finishing a graduate ... Read More...
Getaway Reads: “Writing with Carly” by Mimi Schwartz
This entry is part of Getaway Reads, a weekly e-mail series curated by Stephanie Cawley that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. Writing with Carly by Mimi Schwartz This poem is on my refrigerator door: I love you, to the moon and stars and all the Way up to the planet mars. So one day if I fly up there You’ll know I love you anywhere. It has a smiley face above it and “I love you!” in a heart below it—and was written by my granddaughter Carly in the days when she felt like a writer. The feeling began ... Read More...
Getaway Reads: “Face to Face” by Anndee Hochman
This entry is part of Getaway Reads, a weekly e-mail series curated by Stephanie Cawley that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. Face to Face: Loss and Homecoming at the 25th Reunion by Anndee Hochman I didn't expect to cry after just two hours on the Old Campus. Then again, I had few expectations for my 25th college reunion. For the previous four months, thoughts of returning to New Haven had been eclipsed by a more urgent matter: the rapidly declining health of my 77-year-old ... Read More...
Getaway Reads: “The Book of Roger” by Richard K. Weems
This entry is part of Getaway Reads, a weekly e-mail series curated by Stephanie Cawley that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. The Book of Roger by Richard K. Weems Of course, near this tale’s end, the Book of Roger—that narrative of third person limited omniscience—is suffering an unexpected twist, isn’t it, Roger? Thus far, the tale of hardworking, bring-home-the-bacon Roger and his darling, quiet Rhonda, who experienced loss and more than their fair share of turbulent times in their ... Read More...
Getaway Reads: “The Ripple in Your Day” & Prose by Douglas Goetsch
The Ripple in Your Day by Douglas Goetsch I’d like to pull back the hair from your face and ask how you get through the ripple in your day, the one that comes unannounced like a feral animal sitting on the lawn facing your windows—you’d think you’d be used to it by now. It stays maybe a minute, maybe an hour, and doesn’t go away until it does. Do you settle into your favorite chair with the universal remote, spend an hour in the shower, bury your head in crosswords, sleep in your clothes? Do you buy crap on eBay, Google people from your old ... Read More...