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Paul November 2nd, 2009

It has been a while since I’ve updated this section of the website.  The plan, originally, was to pay tribute properly to friends and colleagues who have contributed to my own personal growth, not only as a writer but also as a human being. The list seems to grow longer every time I wake up in the morning.  Sadly, there are just not enough hours in a day for me to write and share personal stories about each and every one of them, many of whom I continue to miss fiercely, some on a daily basis.

I hope to retire soon from teaching, and will have more time to devote to these absences in my life.  Meanwhile, I am naming this entry after Jim Erdahl’s favorite song from Les Miserables, his favorite musical, which I am glad we were able to see together on Broadway before he died.  My friends…my friends…I see them all, taking their places again, one by one, the way they did in years gone by, when there were no “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables.”

My friends…my friends…Robert Anderson, Sam Anderson, Nobleza Asuncion-Lande, Lyndsay Boynton, William Burroughs, Tony Cius, Dick Colyer, Jack Davidson, Carolyn Doty, Victorio Edades, Carroll Edwards, Jim Erdahl, Bob Findlay, Jean Gagen, Elaine Goodman, James Gowen, Ed Grier, Chez Haehl, Dennis Helm, Bud Hirsch, William Inge, Judith Joseph, Bob Kahle, Paul Kendall, Eartha Kitt, Mark Knapp, Clay Kappelman, Glenn Kappelman, Tom Klavercamp, Joseph Kuo, Carl Lande, Chuck Lown, Arthur Miller, Kaye Miller, Fusa Moos, Jim Pearce, Terry Moore, Charlie Oldfather, Shirley Rea, John Roderick, Ed Ruhe, Amby Saricks, Ken Smith, Eunice Ebert-Stallworth, Andrew Tsubaki, Anne Turner, Jane Van Meter, Grace Wan, Josh Waters, George Wedge, Max Whitson, Theresa Windheuser, Ed Wolfe.

Tags: Amby Saricks, Andrew Tsubaki, Anne Turner, Arthur Miller, Bob Findlay, Bob Kahle, Bud Hirsch, Carl Lande, Carolyn Doty, Carroll Edwards, Charlie Oldfather, Chez Haehl, Chuck Lown, Clay Kappelman, Dennis Helm, Dick Colyer, Eartha Kitt, Ed Grier, Ed Ruhe, Ed Wolfe, Elaine Goodman, Eunice Ebert-Stallworth, Fusa Moos, George Wedge, Glenn Kappelman, Grace Wan, Jack Davidson, James Gowen, Jane Van Meter, Jean Gagen, Jim Erdahl, Jim Pearce, John Roderick, Joseph Kuo, Josh Waters, Judith Joseph, Kaye Miller, Ken Smith, Lyndsay Boynton, Mark Knapp, Max Whitson, Nobleza Asuncion-Lande, Paul Kendall, Robert Anderson, Sam Anderson, Shirley Rea, Terry Moore, Theresa Windheuser, Tom Klavercamp, Tony Cius, Victorio Edades, William Burroughs

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Paul July 22nd, 2009

Note:  This is a collection of eight of my short stories, with an introduction by F. Sionil Jose.  It was published in Manila by New Day Publishers in 1982. Except for “Dots and Dashes,” all the stories appeared elsewhere originally, in such journals and magazines as Solidarity, Bridge: An Asian American Perspective, Amerasia Journal, FOCUS, GINOO, and The Philippine Times. “Flight“ has also been included in Intsik: An Anthology of Chinese Filipino Writing, edited by Caroline S. Hau (Manila: Anvil Publishing, 2000).

I wrote many of these stories in a fiction-writing class taught by Ed Wolfe in the English Department at the University of Kansas. Four of the stories have won various literary awards–”The Third and Final Dream of Samuel Toepffer” (Second Prize, Kansas University, Spring 1974), “Flight” (First Prize, Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Fall 1976), “Rainbow” (Honorable Mention, Focus magazine, Spring 1976), “Victor and Other Issues” (Third Prize, Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Fall 1977).  I might also mention that portions of “Flight” and “Dots and Dashes” later found their way into my play Mother Tongue.

Availability:  Some Arrivals, But Mostly Departures is now out-of-print, but copies occasionally show up on Amazon.com and even on ebay.  While I myself don’t have extra copies to sell to others, I will be happy to make photocopies for anyone who is really interested.

Tags: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Caroline S. Hau, Ed Wolfe, F. Sionil Jose

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