There’s this old trope, of which I’m sure you’re aware, about writers being ritualistic creatures. …

D.S. Waldman
D.S. Waldman is a Marsh-Rebelo scholar at San Diego State University. His work has most recently appeared or is forthcoming in Kenyon Review, Georgia Review, Poetry Northwest, Gettysburg Review, Conjunctions, Copper Nickel, Colorado Review, The Common, Missouri Review, Cherry Tree, and Los Angeles Review. He’s received fellowships, support and awards from Middlebury College, Kenyon Review summer workshops, San Diego State University, and Georgia Review. www.dswaldman.com