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Carmine Sarracino

Carmine Sarracino is another Elizabethtown College connection; he was a professor of mine. The first class I had him for was about fantasy in literature. Any class that has Frankenstein and the Ramayana on its required reading is usually a … Continue reading

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I first read William Stafford in 1989. I took a modern poetry class at Elizabethtown with Dr. Tom Dwyer. The required reading consisted of some anthology I don’t really remember, the collected poems of John Ashbery (who makes an appearance … Continue reading

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Crunching Leaves and Umbrella Guns

Memory is a weird thing. One day you can suddenly remember the Eagles game you went to at Veteran’s Stadium. You can see your view of the field, feel the chill in the air. You can see friends and family … Continue reading

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A Midwinter’s Introduction to Midsummer

Much of who I am today can be traced back to a chilly evening in 1989. Not knowing then how important Jan. 30, 1989 would be to me, I have no recollection of what I ate that day, what I … Continue reading

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Wild and Untamed Things

If you haven’t heard already, MTV is planning a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. You may remember it as a movie you watched once or twice at midnight while throwing toast and shouting, “Dammit, Janet!” At some point, … Continue reading

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