Jonathan Sanchez

Jonathan Sanchez was born in Gainesville, Fla., graduated from West Charlotte (NC) High and Yale University, and now lives in Charleston, SC. He is the author of Fools All of Us: stories of the white city and has given readings in cafés, bars, libraries, a yoga studio and a hat shop. He teaches poetry in schools and is a mediocre triathlete.

Cipolla

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

“Liz had the wrong address, it’s CLOUSER not Culver…Mr. Clouser himself after whom the street is named is now out there on his ladder pulling down ripe grapefruits – in my own yard ($45 a month backyard apartment) I have grapefruit, oranges, and tangerines – and one particularly holy tangerine that fell …

“THERE IS NO OTHER WAY OUT FOR THE HOLY MAN, HE MUST SWEAT FOR GOD.”

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

First off I’m very grateful to everyone who has helped to make this residency possible, including the donors, and the generous people who work with the Kerouac Project. Also the Oller Family, and my family in Florida, especially my aunt, Karen McKenzie, who first told me about the opportunity three years …