Royal Visitor

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As the best writers in the world, Dave and I wanted to be sure visitors to Bill and Dave’s could easily find and comment on our work.  So our web designer, Randy Skidmore of Subpar Design, has set up the Bill and Dave’s “Our Best American Essays” page, formally static, so that we can post work old and new, and readers can respond.   I’m going to launch the new capabilities today with “Royal Visitor,” which I’ve read at a a number of public events and which appeared in Louisville Review #62.  I also posted it on my old Down East blog.  It’s my answer to the FAQ about the writing of memoir: what if there’s material from your life you really can’t use?  The answer in this case is one word: metaphor. Continue reading →