I’m going to tell you a story. A story about a man, about me, about a student, a story, a product, of the all too typical. I’m going to tell you a story. A story about innocence, about love, about art and culture. A story about the modern, the post modern, the birth of so many different ways of life. A story about travel, about friendship, about the world becoming one. I’m going to tell you a story. A story about writing, about the United States as an idea, about growing old, about a writer, about dreams and drunken nights. I’m going to tell you a story, about how I ended up back in my hometown. I’m going to tell you a story, about what happened. A story, just a story, about how it came to this:
Adventures In American Writing 