“Reading Aloud for his Grandson” by Stephen Page
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“Reading Aloud for his Grandson” by Stephen Page
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Stephen Page is from Detroit. He is part Shawnee and part Apache. He is the author of four books of poetry - The Salty River Bleeds, A Ranch Bordering the Salty River, The Timbre of Sand, and Still Dandelions. He holds two AA’s from Palomar College, a BA from Columbia University, and an MFA from Bennington College. He also attended Broward College. His literary criticisms have appeared regularly in the Buenos Aires Herald, How Journal, Gently Read Literature, North of Oxford, and the Fox Chase Review. His fiction has been published in Quarto, The Whistling Fire, and Amphibi. He is the recipient of The Jess Cloud Memorial Prize, a Writer-in-Residence from the Montana Artists Refuge, a Full Fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center, an Imagination Grant from Cleveland State University, and an Arvon Foundation Ltd. Grant. He loves his wife, travel, family, and friends. View all posts by Stephen Page.
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Beautiful–the poem is so lovely and thoughtful.
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Thank you.
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This is so sweet and tender, it almost made me cry. I am not kidding.
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