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A space to pause in the torrent of dizzying activity, to paint a path out of time's corner. Chekhov would end letters apologizing for running long. I try to write short, but tend towards long. Not always, but often. Consider yourself warned.

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About Jonathan Bower

Anchorage-based clinical therapist with a compulsive scribbling habit. Obsessive reader. Slow-mo. Philly boy self-exiled to Alaska 20+ years ago. Chases stories and songs fairly nonstop wherever he lands. The poets are where itโ€™s at.

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