Michael Hawley
Michael Hawley's short stories have been published in Alaska Quarterly Review, Boston Review, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, The New Yorker, The Saint Ann's Review and Southeast Review. Michael grew up in rural Wisconsin and studied playwriting at the University of Minnesota and New York University, where he got his BFA in 1988. He lives in New York City. During his residency at the Jack Kerouac Project, Michael will be completing a draft of his first novel. He would like to thank the Project for this opportunity to work intensively on his craft.
Exerpt from ‘Opheliac’
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Exerpt from ‘Opheliac,’ a short story published in its entirety in The Saint Ann’s Review (2009 Summer/Fall issue):
His name is Slippy. Each mention of the name makes the possibility of his existence a little less remote.
I don’t know how many others he has entered. He seems to be new to the ranks of controls, unable as yet to materialize or even communicate a likeness of himself. Or maybe he has just renewed his license after decades on parole. He is out of practice, in other words, or my efforts of visualization don’t strike him as sincere enough to bother with.
“Slippy,” whispers Dr. Park, the acupuncturist. She glowers over her reading …
