Life/Slices. By Gene Novogrodsky
Stories, stories, and more stories. Some are family tales from long ago, some record his experiences on the road, some are rooted in Maine. Many come from conversations with the variety of folks
he encounters in his daily outings in Brownsville, his hometown-counter clerk, midwife, sex worker, mailman, cancer patient. In stores, at the bus station, on the street, he listens, responds. He
tells friends some of them, and many he retells as poetic slices. Whether rooted in his personal life or the lives of others, these poems take an unflinching look at being human.
Stories, stories, and more stories. Some are family tales from long ago, some record his experiences on the road, some are rooted in Maine. Many come from conversations with the variety of folks
he encounters in his daily outings in Brownsville, his hometown-counter clerk, midwife, sex worker, mailman, cancer patient. In stores, at the bus station, on the street, he listens, responds. He
tells friends some of them, and many he retells as poetic slices. Whether rooted in his personal life or the lives of others, these poems take an unflinching look at being human.
Stories, stories, and more stories. Some are family tales from long ago, some record his experiences on the road, some are rooted in Maine. Many come from conversations with the variety of folks
he encounters in his daily outings in Brownsville, his hometown-counter clerk, midwife, sex worker, mailman, cancer patient. In stores, at the bus station, on the street, he listens, responds. He
tells friends some of them, and many he retells as poetic slices. Whether rooted in his personal life or the lives of others, these poems take an unflinching look at being human.
Eugene "Gene" Novogrodsky has lived in Brownsville, Texas, more than 32 years. He writes slices that reach from Mexico, through The United States and into Canada. He is a founder of the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center Writers Forum in San Benito, Texas. He now writes and reads with ad hoc groups in Brownsville. Life's plate has endless food for him.