- “Alan Ziegler, Author of Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote”
- A lone white horse wags its tail on the outskirts of Chamoux…
- Sealed condom in the pocket of jacket inherited from my father. After exploring possibilities I remember he worked in a motel….
- Always the man hand-rolling bagels at a table in the small shop in Penn Station, his face as round as a bagel, never looking at the dough, eyes peeled on the ever-changing line of faces, once or twice a week mine….
- I haven’t seen her in five years and the first thing she says: “Is that a new shirt?” Yes.
- Patient on the children’s ward at the Vermont State Hospital, periodically punches himself in the face and says, “Oooch!”….
- We order cheeseburgers. She brings hamburgers. Before we can say anything, she looks at the plates and says, “I spaced on the cheese….”
- The little boy points to the author picture on the book I bring to class and says, “That looks like you.” I reply, “It is me.” He looks again and says, “It doesn’t look like you.”