Essays, fiction,
and notes.
On Boxing and Writing
Why are so many writers obsessed with boxing? Homer wrote it into The Iliad, Hemingway into The Sun Also Rises — and I showed up to a boxing gym the same week I started writing.
Promising Boxing Career
I left the Navy recruiter's office and headed straight to Half Price Books for literature on Officer Candidate School. My application had been submitted, now it was a matter of waiting.
An Iron Family
In the city of Austin, the name 'Lord' is synonymous with boxing. Richard 'Ironman' Lord has owned the little boxing gym on North Lamar for thirty years.
Blood
DJ's heart exploded when he was seventeen years old. Six years later, he stood in the center of the ring, his fist raised aloft, as the Austin Golden Gloves champion.
To My Best Friend with the Palindrome Name
You were fifteen minutes late to our first date. I remember standing near the German Christmas festival, book in hand, waiting for you.