Ravenous

"I always run toward the sound of shouting, metal crunching / and glass shattering" More

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The Week

"Besides, wasn’t life full of these exciting moments, something fresh and novel every day, now that we were adults?" More

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The Thaw

"You had to have something you wanted from life before you came to prison." More

Triple Sessions

"I grew up at perhaps the tail end of the “spare the rod, spoil the child” generation, so violence was normalized and mitigated with life lessons." More

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Two Birds, One Stone

"Brady's toes squirm in the sand. His eyes stare downward at the shifting grains, barely noticing the warmth seeping into his feet." More

Poker Face

"He would sit me at the table right next to him during his weekly poker games with the boys and teach me all about my poker face. I never… More