When Writing is an Emergency
September 26th, 2007by Mary Otis
LOS ANGELES, CA-
In third grade I pass a note to Billy Stavory, who sits in front of me in penmanship class. The note says:
Do you like me?
Do you love me?
Or what?
Please check one.
It is the first time I write something necessary and high stakes - an emotional emergency. But Billy Stavory is worth it. He is the best reader in class, and although he occasionally gargles his milk, Billy Stavory is reported to have once swallowed a moth. A moth that lived and flew back out his mouth. Billy Stavory has character. (more…)
