I was asked by Fugue to contribute a piece to their regional issue, which is a very handsome and impressive issue by any measure. You can read my essay, “Why I Stay,” online. Or better yet, subscribe to the journal and get the latest issue (their 20th Anniversary editon) and read works by Kim Barnes, Rick Bass, Anthony Doerr, Benjamin Percy, Susanna Sonnenberg, Pete Fromm, Jess Walter, Robert Wrigley, Kim Stafford and others.
brandon r. schrand 