The Dirty Napkin

Poetry • Fiction • Letters

Current Issue — Volume 3.3, Summer 2010

About the Author

Michael Karl (Ritchie) is a Professor of English at Arkansas Tech University, where he serves as advisor to the undergraduate literary magazine, Nebo, where creative writers champion new voices in fiction and poetry. He has had work published in various small press magazines, including the web journal Other Rooms Press.

Other Works in the Dirty Napkin

In Memoriam August Wilson (1945–2005) [2.1]

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Rumi: 15 September 2009

Michael Karl (Ritchie)

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15 September 2009

Dear Rumi

The real paradox is that we are still alive. The fires of California are still burning. The firebird rises from its own ashes, but we do not. We are not myths. Our ashes are final, [ . . . ]

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