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Old Roads, New Stories:
Hello, Poetry Month
by Rob Carney

April 27, 2018

A Literary Series I was walking across campus recently. It was squint-bright sunny. There were puddles on the grou... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Seven Seeds
by Rob Carney

April 1, 2018

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A Literary Series Some things, even important things like another news day of scandal (the whole ditch-flow of murk whe... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
What Would You Do with a Mini Canoe?
by Rob Carney

March 9, 2018

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A Literary Series One day my son up and told me, “Hey, Dad, I know a good job for you.” “Yeah?” I said. “What’s that?”... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Two Cures for Billboards
by Rob Carney

February 10, 2018

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A Literary Series In the Blue Mountains up in Oregon, they don’t mess around. It’s different than eastern Washing... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Poetry as Collage
by Rob Carney

December 29, 2017

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A Literary Series What Are Your Skills? Every year at Sea School we were taught that glaciers purr and ice floes, h... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Seven Birds
by Rob Carney

November 22, 2017

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A Literary Series for Scott Pruitt Northeast of Salt Lake City: Higher up the Wasatch, just outside of Heber, you can see th... Read More...

Old Road, New Stories: Modern Legacies, by Rob Carney

Old Roads, New Stories:
Modern Legacies
by Rob Carney

November 8, 2017

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A Literary Series for Ryan Zinke I teach a Modern Legacies course at Utah Valley University. I call it “Futuristic Fiction... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Sharps and Flats
by Rob Carney

October 23, 2017

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A Literary Series Here’s one of my beliefs: If you can do it, you don’t need to talk about it. That idea’s not exclusive to the West... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Downhill Switchbacks Ahead
by Rob Carney

September 25, 2017

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A Literary Series To anyone outside of Washington, my hometown is un-pronounceable: Puyallup. Heck, I even hear outsiders mispronoun... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Win $300
by Rob Carney

August 24, 2017

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A Literary Series I’ll give a hundred bucks to the first person who correctly names the inventor of iambic pentameter. You can use t... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Raccoon Verses
by Rob Carney

August 2, 2017

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A Literary Series There Used to Be a Time When Foxes Were Brown In the Old Songs about Washington, a raccoon and fox had an argume... Read More...

Old Roads, New Stories:
Commonplace Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Rob Carney

July 14, 2017

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A Literary Series My Front Yard I have a squirrel. Not a pet, a visitor. That’s important. It makes a difference. He started coming around l... Read More...