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Samuel F. Pickering
Samuel Pickering teaches English at the University of Connecticut. Eleven collections of his familiar essays have been published, the most recent being “A Little Fling” and “Deprived of Unhappiness.”
Recent Writing
Familiar Things
For six months the chancellor of the university lived next door. In May he and his family went to Disney World. Each morning Vicki fed his dogs, two Labradors named Mousse and Huckleberry.Issue 18
July
In June Eliza’s dancing school staged a ballet version of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Eliza asked me to be the Blue Caterpillar. I sat on an orange mushroom at the edge of the stage and before each dance read a selection from Lewis Carroll’s book.Issue 04