Archive - Out & Back

Thoughts on Literary Suicide

Part 1, Anna Karenina

Jul 6, 2024 •

June 2024

The Forgiveness of History

Brief thoughts on slavery and the prospects for human survival

Jun 30, 2024 •

A Tale of Two Sisters

Lives of slaves

Jun 9, 2024 •

Three-fingered Jack McCall robs a train, Part 3

The last instalment of yet another desperate family story

Jun 6, 2024 •

May 2024

Three-fingered Jack McCall, Part 2

Another desperate family story

May 28, 2024 •

Three-fingered Jack McCall, Part 1

Another desperate family story

May 16, 2024 •

April 2024

A girl called McButtocks, Richard Brautigan's suicide, the cleaning lady's cross-dressing husband...

More random excerpts from a writer's intimate diary

Apr 29, 2024 •

The Big Night, or Sex in the Wild

Or how I spend my days...

Apr 20, 2024 •

March 2024

Mar 25, 2024 •

Another poet falls from the family tree

Mar 3, 2024 •

February 2024

Who remembers Aunt Molly and Darkeytown?

Slaves and ex-slaves in Norfolk County

Feb 20, 2024 •

Feb 10, 2024 •

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