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Art and Madness

June 4, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

There are studies on the connection between the artistic impulse and mental illness. The best are books written by Kay Redfield Jamison, especially her “Touched

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The Art of Reading

February 15, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

As much as there is an art to creative writing, I also believe there is an art to reading. Most everyone can read. But most

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Escaping the Monolingual Cage of America

February 1, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

According to the above photo, I’d been out drinking the night before. I don’t know what my first Spanish word was, but I do recall

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To Read, Perchance, to Survive.

January 15, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

There were always books in the house. My father, a mechanic and coal miner, loved history and science. Mom read historical novels and mysteries. Somewhere

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How To Tell Your Kid There’s No Santa Clause

December 23, 2017 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

One Christmas long ago my Appalachian father, Ralph, took his revolver, climbed on the roof, shot once into the woods, came back in and said,

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The Craters of Our Lives

December 21, 2017 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

Our couch came with craters installed underneath each cushion. Sit on it, and your rump plummets. The cushion caves in. You sink, your knees are

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