On today’s Story Works Reading Series, Robert James Russell reads “Recreation.” He brilliantly takes on the challenging form of the epistolary, then takes it one…or two…further by also presenting us with unnamed characters. Besides delving into the craft of this personal narrative form and getting a little bit meta, we talk about the solace of nature and things we can’t decode.

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Robert James Russell, author of Recreation

Robert James Russell is the author of the novellas Mesilla (Dock Street Press) and Sea of Trees (Winter Goose Publishing), and the chapbook Don’t Ask Me to Spell It Out (WhiskeyPaper Press). He is a founding editor of the literary journals Midwestern Gothic and CHEAP POP. His work has appeared in print and online in Gulf Coast, New South, and Passages North, among others, and he has taught writing courses and workshops around the country, including at the Iowa Writers House, New Harmony Writers Workshop, and the University of Michigan. You can find his illustrations and writing at robertjamesrussell.com or on Twitter/Instagram at @robhollywood.