Most people know Winston Groom as the guy who wrote Forrest Gump, or at least the guy whose book was used to model one of the best movies of the 20th century (although the film and the novel are quite different). However, as I discovered years ago, Groom’s best and most underrated work is his…
Tag: nonfiction
“Shopping List, 1937”
By Michael K. Brantley Both of my paternal grandparents passed away before I made it to my teens. I was not close to them. My grandmother was born in 1891, and I was most fascinated by all of the history she experienced in her lifetime. After all, she predated flight by more than a decade…
New Essay Published in The Magnolia Review: “Number One Pork Chop Man”
I’m glad to have fresh work and have it in a very nice journal, The Magnolia Review. “Number One Pork Chop Man” is an essay I started when I was working on my MFA at Queens University of Charlotte. It is about a great Chinese restaurant that used to be in Rocky Mount (NC) for…