by Heather Brandon | Oct 24, 2006 | Urban Compass
In a recent article about Springfield Mayor Charles Ryan’s visit to a civic association meeting, The Reminder’s G. Michael Dobbs quoted Ryan as saying, "by being citizens of the city, ‘we perform an act of faith every day.’"Amen to...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Oct 24, 2006 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
The day before the dreaded Saturday benefit reading, I had my little passel of sensitive-male poems ready to go, but an unwelcome thought was edging its way into my brain: that I should read “Close,” my museum-guard story, instead. I fought the impulse...