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“How to Write Violence: A Practicum”
War, Literature & the Arts.
2020.
“TNT”
The Gravity of the Thing,
Summer 2019.
“How Do Wars Begin?”
The WWrite Blog,
October 2018.
“Life Stories.”
North American Review
blog, 18 February 2015.
“Two Bookcases.”
North American Review
blog, 4 November 2014.
“On War Writing: A Roundtable Discussion.”
Prairie Schooner 87:4
, Winter 2013.
“Should You Experience an Erection Lasting More than Four Hours . . . and further Guidance.” Summer 2013.
“Cold War: A Coagulation.”
ep;phany: a literary journal.
Winter/Fall 2012-2013.
Word Patriots: Donald Anderson’s “Fire Road”. A Chicago-based web radio talk show interview on
Word Patriots
with host Mark Seinfelt, February 2012.
“War Chatter: Collage.”
The Massachusetts Review
. LII. 3&4, Fall-Winter 2011.
“A Surefire Guide To Writing Successful Obituaries.” Fall 2011.
“AWOL” (essay)
The North American Review
. 296.2 (Spring 2011).
“Soldier-Artists: Preserving the World.” Introductory essay for special feature on Veterans of War in the
Connecticut Review
XXXII.2 (Fall 2010). [Nominated by Vivian Shipley for the Pushcart Prize]
“Some People Who May Appear In My Next Story.”
The North American Review
, 294.2 (March-April 2009).
“Mr. Holland, Meet Mr. Rickover” (essay)
The North American Review
. 291.5 (Sept-Oct 2006).
“Plus ça change. . .” (essay)
The North American Review
. 290.5 (Sept-Oct 2005).
“Stunted.” (essay)
The North American Review
. 290.3&4 (May-Aug 2005).
“Stumps.”
The North American Review
. 289.1 (Jan-Feb 2004).
“Overpass.”
The North American Review
. 286.3-4 (May-August 2001).
“The Peacock Throne.”
Columbia
33 (Winter 2000).