Season Two of “In Solitude, For Company”

I’m preparing Season Two of my email newsletter “In Solitude, For Company.”

Newsletter is a misnomer. There will be very little news. In fact, it’s kind of anti-news. You can expect essays about some old things, especially literature.

Here’s what to expect over the next few months:

1. Andre Dubus’ “A Father’s Story” is one of the most moving stories I’ve ever read. Look it up soon. We’re going to read it together.
2. Ryan Culwell is a friend of mine and a songwriter. I don’t like writing about my friends because any attempt flattens them into a train of thought that works in paragraphs. But Ryan writes and performs great albums, so I’ll write about them.
3. An essay about Osage Orange trees and my friend the artist-farmer Jack Baumgartner. Again friends are impossible to write about, but I can write about trees.
4. A weird imaginary dialogue between real people in Amarillo about public art. I’ll probably get sued for this one.
5. A letter to my cousins still farming in Umbarger.

Read the archives of Season One and subscribe here.