What could have happened in bucolic Pennsylvania to drive him and his family west like pioneers? It?s difficult to explain, especially here in the Denver suburbs, with two small children and a wife that doesn?t even want to talk about kissing.
About the Author
Christopher Merkner is the author of the story collection The Rise & Fall of the Scandamerican Domestic . His stories have been reprinted in the Best American Mystery Stories and the O. Henry Prize Stories anthologies, and some of his other work can be found in Black Warrior Review, Chicago Tribune's Printer's Row Journal, Cincinnati Review, CutBank, DIAGRAM, Five Points, Gettysburg Review, Gulf Coast, Fairy Tale Review, Hotel Amerika, Midwestern Gothic, and Subtropics. He's currently an assistant professor of English for West Chester University in Pennsylvania, and he is very happily living in Denver, CO with his wife and kids.
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Pelicans Leaving Rural Pennsylvania (Great Jones Street Originals)
What could have happened in bucolic Pennsylvania to drive him and his family west like pioneers? It?s difficult to explain, especially here in the Denver suburbs, with two small children and a wife that doesn?t even want to talk about kissing.
About the Author
Christopher Merkner is the author of the story collection The Rise & Fall of the Scandamerican Domestic . His stories have been reprinted in the Best American Mystery Stories and the O. Henry Prize Stories anthologies, and some of his other work can be found in Black Warrior Review, Chicago Tribune's Printer's Row Journal, Cincinnati Review, CutBank, DIAGRAM, Five Points, Gettysburg Review, Gulf Coast, Fairy Tale Review, Hotel Amerika, Midwestern Gothic, and Subtropics. He's currently an assistant professor of English for West Chester University in Pennsylvania, and he is very happily living in Denver, CO with his wife and kids.