He was his own version of Mr. Rogers in a classroom of children, he was even referred to as The Poetry Man;
Thirteen Ways of Remembering Lonnie Black
The Misfortune of Marion Palm by Emily Culliton
This is worth your time, find it, and read this great, great novel. I can’t wait to see what Ms. Culliton writes next.
Taxi Dreams
They get off the bridge and weave through the streets, and are soon downtown. Even though Pablo’s only been to that building once, he already remembers how to get there. There’s the same street with the broken lamp, and the mural of a Ferris wheel painted across a brick wall.
Nests, secrets, and splintered floors
We have all woken
frightened in the night,
listening to thick
drops of falling bees,
Henry Spark by Jason Rice
Henry dreamt about Mad Men, and he had become a writer for the show and sat around and watched his words come out of the actor’s mouths. The one Tylenol PM he had taken before bed made his dreams more intense, but he couldn’t tell if it was the drugs talking or something trapped in his brain.
Such Fine Boys by Patrick Modiano
Such Fine Boys might be a good place to introduce yourself to Nobel Prize winner, slippery Patrick Modiano. It seems to be a kind of reminiscence of his prep school days, a distinguished subgenre.