I’m afraid for the future of the arts in this country and at my university. And yet, the pieces in this volume imbued me with hope.

She was my best friend in the world, but we fought ferociously, like feral cats, several times a week.

It doesn’t take long for comfort zones to turn into trash compactors.

I cannot bring myself to make the gesture that happens on television.  That, there, is fiction. This, here, is real.

The higher you climb the more you believe you are sky.

The nights are cooling down, the students are back on campus, and the leaves are just beginning to change, which means it’s time to introduce Barnstorm’s new editorial team.