Listen*: Transcript: I take him to the beach at sunset. It’s a production, pulling his body from the front seat, half-carrying his legs across the rocks, finding a flat place …
The Six Hundred Pound Man
Listen*: Transcript: Of the six hundred pound man on two beds, nothing remains, not the bleariness with which he moved his eyes nor the warm oil curling in his beard. …
Shall Inherit
Listen*: Transcript: Pale as clay they come to school in Pineville, Kentucky, carrying the cardboad cups we gave them, as directed, full, wrapped in newspapers and bags with rubber bands …
The Resurrection Trade
Listen*: Transcript: William Burke, grave robber Edinborough, 1792-1829 The resurrection trade is not what it was when Burke was hanged for raising the dead ones for docs to dissect them …
The Power of Inclination
Listen*: Transcript: Love is driving me crazy, says the back of Scruggs’ wife, her hand turning the doorknob. She stops and tugs the end of our talk to a new …
Medicine Stone
Listen*: Transcript: This stone I picked at a medicine dance on a cold June day near Wounded Knee. In my bare feet, I carried this stone into the circle of …
The Man With Stars Inside Him
Listen*: Transcript: Deep in this old man’s chest, a shadow of pneumonia grows. I watch Antonio shake with a cough that traveled here from the beginning of life. As he …