Author: Sally Ashton
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Day Five: Wings
A weird thing about the whole chicken I bought yesterday. When Frank took it out of the butcher paper, it had no wings. A wingless, pink body. I remember when I stood in front of the glass cases at Lunardi’s yesterday morning, happy to see the dozen or so lined up on the ice, that…
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Day Four: I Go to the Store
Sorry, but I need to say this first: DON’T FLUSH DISINFECTING WIPES!!! If you think staying home is hard, just try to imagine staying home and having the public sewage system backed-up. This, a warning from the State Water Resources Control Board–which I’d say goes for everywhere… Anyway, I did hit the “time to go…
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Day Three: Spring Came
What’s it like in your town? Here in the South Bay, voluminous clouds crowd the sky in shades of bright white to dove-gray allowing a brilliant blue to appear in patches that go on forever. Our Japanese cherry blossoms continue to unfurl, and among the barren hornbeams tip tiny flags of green. It’s the first…
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Day Two: Always Look for the Helpers
You knew I’d get around to Mr. Rogers before long, didn’t you? Nope. Haven’t gone out to the stores yet. My gauge is the half-gallon milk jug in the refrigerator. Once it’s in the quarter-full (optimist’s view!) range, I’ll don my gloves and face mask and head out, probably not to Trader Joe’s, but some…
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Day One: Stay out of the Stores
Welcome to Day One of the Santa Clara County (aka Silicon Valley) government ordered Shelter in Place which officially began this morning at 12:01 a.m. This also marks Day One of daily blog posts, barring any nasty surprises. Also, rather unluckily, St. Patrick’s Day. If you’re looking for a vicarious view into a remote, other-worldly…
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Who’s Colluding? The Case for Collaborative Writing
My craft essay on the art of literary collaborations appears in the February-March Issue of the Writer’s Chronicle and on the AWP website.
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“The Problem of the Now,” with Dinah Lenney/LARB
“The Problem of the Now: A Conversation with Sally Ashton“
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Wondering What It’s All About?
https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2019/04/an-interview-with-sally-ashton-by-nin-andrews.html April 08, 2019 An Interview with Sally Ashton (by Nin Andrews) NA: Congratulations on your new book, The Behavior of Clocks! I thought I’d start this interview by simply asking you to post the poem, “Time, Travels.” Time, Travels Time and space are modes by which we think, and not conditions in which we…
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The Behaviour of Clocks
Available NOW! You can order from SPD or Amazon. If you like it, please leave a brief review at Amazon or Good Reads. The alogorithms and I will love you for it! Cheers!
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