The Education of Oronte Churm

Intermediate undergrad who writes short stories about a violent, retributive pedophile-killer named Thornhead. Never mind the student’s own anger, fears...

Two professors at a tiny table near the register in a campus coffee shop. Loud and animated as people try...

Y says he knew a veteran of a French Foreign Legion parachute regiment. The man had a giant tattoo on...

That odd feeling when time comes unstuck in us. To read Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night (1934) and find...

N says that G, a dental tech, cast her gold fillings, which she still has 31 years later, good as...

I made that up, I guess, but why not? I love reading journals, diaries, and notebooks, especially of writers I...

Ever notice how hard it is sometimes to tell the difference between mastery and a con? For instance, I was...

Be sure to file your students' final grades today by noon, Central Standard Time, as the online system will lock...