In our morning reading: new writing from Roxane Gay and Deirdre Coyle, thoughts on the fiction of Charles L. Grant, and more.
Poetry in Motion: Letter from a Framingham Jail – An Imprisoned Patriots Fan Speaks Out
(as told to Nick Curley, via exclusive interview.) FRAMINGHAM, MA – Watching the ’98 Honda Accord I torched outside the Cask ‘N Flagon go up in flames, I couldn’t help but see Tom Brady’s impeccable cheekbones among the whispering embers. The final seconds of Sunday’s American Football Conference Championship felt like getting pelted by ice chunks during elementary school games of King of the Mountain all over again. It’s funny how sometimes, in sports, fire is like ice.