Category: Creative Nonfiction
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Room 31
When I was in my early thirties, I used to moonlight as a night auditor at the Best Western‘s Dorchester Motor Lodge in Charleston, South Carolina. The dismal minuscule inn was immediately to the left, leaving downtown Charleston bearing west, on I-26. There were all but a hundred single rooms and ten suites in the lodge’s…
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A Sense of Place—Literary Nonfiction Discussion Thread
Modified:8/13/2013 8:30 AM A Sense of PlaceThe readings for the first and second weeks take us from a small town in North Carolina, to a homeless shelter in Washington, DC, to New York City, California, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Africa, France, South America, and finally to Kosovo—adventures around the world—as interpreted by several talented and inspiring…
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Journal
Friday, December 17, 2004 Today I went to work at 5:30. I made about $16 which I spent on food after work. I called Cecilia, Christie’s sponsor, to check in this afternoon. She told me about H.A.L.T. and what it means in A.A. and that an alcoholic should go to a meeting if they feel…