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I talked to the good folks at Midwestern Gothic about life in middle America, Kurt Vonnegut, how to know when work is complete enough to send out, and taking showers. They interviewed me along with many other, better writers who contributed creative writing for Issue 22 of the literary journal, which came out in July … Continue reading Midwestern Gothic
The great folks at The Geeky Press have published my essay "Prodigal Remodeler" in their new anthology, Bad Jobs & Bullshit. The collection contains fiction, CNF, and poetry about those less than satisfying jobs that everyone has had to work. And, though I might be a little biased, there's some great stuff. Mine talks about … Continue reading My essay on remodeling
While working to survive the first year of grad school, I scribbled down some notable quotables in class, at events, wherever. Some good ones popped up as recently I flipped through my notes.
Michael Martone by Michael Martone My rating: 4 of 5 stars The narrator Michael Martone is talking on the subject of Michael Martone in the book Michael Martone by writer Michael Martone of Fort Wayne, Indiana, which is, strangely enough, the birthplace of the author Michael Martone. The voice is matter of fact, copying the … Continue reading Review: Michael Martone
(So humans should learn to be awesome owners.) I didn't originally want a rabbit. But Stephanie was adamant. We were going to get the little gray guy her friend was giving away, and we'd figure out the rest later. It wasn't until we picked him up that we learned the dwarf rabbit's name: Frodo. Which absolutely had to … Continue reading Rabbits are awesome as pets.
A few weeks ago, I went with my wife and some friends to Minneola State Park to go snowshoeing. Unfortunately, all of the snowshoes had been reserved days earlier by people who know how things work here in Mankato. So we drove through the bison range instead. We didn't see anything, except a boulder that … Continue reading Minneopa bison
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 43 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the … Continue reading 2015 in review
Many of you are wondering: What’s the Figys’s first married Christmas like? And if you’re not, you feel too awkward about walking out now. It’s like you showed up to the wrong class on syllabus day, but already claimed a great seat and asked a question about the midterm—so, why not take Anthro 245? So … Continue reading A Very Figy Christmas
My graduate assistantship with the President's Commission on Diversity requires me to write one Voices of Diversity article each semester. I have to find someone with an interesting story to tell, then tell it. It's great. Writing feature articles is one of my favorite things. It's mostly the reason why I became interested in journalism in the first … Continue reading Salma’s point of view
James Figy 