I fell in love with the art of storytelling at a rather young age. The story has the power to create a world, shift a world, or even invoke emotions we never knew we had. Storytellers (and writers) are brave beings responsible for creation and preservation. Through these acts, they are courageous and inspire the courage within us. Writers remind us to say “the thing” or think “the thoughts.” The art of storytelling and the art of the story are what keeps the world and its magic alive.
— Montéz Louria
2021 ORP Fiction Intern
Mickey wandered into my dorm room, eyes wide with chemical enhancement. In that dislocated December of 1967, Mickey was always tripping, and I was not far behind hm.
“Ummm SimonGold,” he murmured, “Allen Ginsberg is up at Vassar.”
He always called me SimonGold, as if that were the only reasonable way to say my name. “Big reading, Dahlia says. That’s where she is this year. Let’s go up there. Yes?”
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