2022 | Michael Burke

I worked on a nonfiction manuscript while in residence. It was an eclectic mix of memories, observations, social history, nature writing, and whatever else came to mind. It was inspired to some degree by two books by the late Evan S. Connell, in particular Points for a Compass Rose. The segmented form and the sense of accrual such a form allows, has always been very attractive to me, and I want to see where this project goes.

I also did some editing work, on a collection of previously published nonfiction and on two plays.

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