Michael Simms
The Courage of Teachers
In 1987, students gathered in front of the admin building angry over the corruption of the university’s board. The crowd was getting...
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Blog posts including essays by author Michael Simms.
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Michael Simms
- Mar 14, 2021
- 8 min
The Trojan Women
Today on the Classic Cars website, I saw an ad for a fully restored 1965 GMC pickup with a hard-shell camper hood, and I thought of Henry
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Michael Simms
- Nov 28, 2020
- 5 min
Blue Notes
From a neighbor’s window, I hear Billy Joel’s carpe diem Only the Good Die Young in which he tries to convince a good Catholic girl
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Michael Simms
- Sep 26, 2020
- 5 min
A Few Thoughts from a Cowboy Vegan
I grew up in Texas beef country down the street from a world-famous barbecue stand. I didn’t become a vegan until I was 56 years old. I...
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Michael Simms
- Aug 25, 2019
- 6 min
Dogsbody to the Muse
My work in the poetry field the last 40 years has been largely behind the scenes — editing, publishing, promoting, organizing, raising money
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Michael Simms
- Aug 11, 2019
- 7 min
On the Spectrum with Garrison Keillor
I have a mild version of Asperger’s syndrome — also known as “high functioning autism.”
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Michael Simms
- Feb 24, 2018
- 5 min
An Appreciation of the Poetry of Robert Gibb
Robert Gibb is a poet’s poet. By that phrase I mean that he’s widely admired among poets across the country, but virtually unknown to
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