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Jo McCrory is a writer and artist living in northern California.
Category: writing
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On Sunday, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency email was “Toto’s ‘Africa’” by Ernest Hemingway. It’s as good as it sounds, and you can read it here. It was funny to me for several reasons, and I thought I’d provide some background as to why the Hemingway part was relevant. I am not a huge fan of Hemingway,…
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Coffee beans and wet inkEucalyptus and lavender Oyster shells and chestnutsPine needles and ivoryRipe cherries picked from the treeBlueberry stained fingersafter you plunder a wild bushSunscreen, mountain airLake water skinWood smoke cologneFive days gone since a shaveDirt under your nails on your shins in your hairYou are alive, triumphantan extension of the mountain’s peak reaching…
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