MICHELLE CURRY WRIGHT

Category: 2010

  • Job Description

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, August 15, 2010 It was the single, solitary boyfriend of my high school career (the only one clever enough to skirt the electric fence of my father), who got me thinking about jobs for the first time. By the age of 16, Peter was already depositing bi-weekly payroll checks from the…

  • Sugar, Sugar

    Telluride Daily Planet,  Thursday, August 5, 2010 My mother used to tell people — quite emphatically — that she lost her appetite during the war. She said it as if she were an amputee, or someone eviscerated of the mojo that made her desire deliciousness and nourishment. And every time she said it, I was mad…

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream Interview

    Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, July 2, 2010 MCW:  So, not to embarrass you or anything, but the first day I saw you, this spring? You were sitting in a fir tree in my front yard, looking cold and helpless. Your wings held the quiet of the world. I had pity. HBird: Is that a question,…

  • Summer Breeze

    Telluride Daily Planet, Monday, June 14, 2010 Three a.m. again, but the deep heart of night — for once — is sweet. Not because a night sweat isn’t the cause of throwing the covers off; it is. Not because there aren’t obsessions circulating between my ears in the black recesses of night-mind; there are. Not…

  • S is for Small

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, May 30, 2010 However much I’m not a fan, I’m standing at the counter at Starbuck’s, the one embedded in a supermarket, surrounded by groceries you won’t want once the caffeine has shriveled your appetite to something the size of a nut. I’m in the mood for a dark, bitter, and…

  • Black Holes of Dough

    Telluride Daily Planet, April 30, 2010 One day, circa 1973, I come home from high school to find my mother sitting at her place at the kitchen counter not doing any of her normal 4:30 things: not planning what part of our house to clean next, not smoking, not doing a crossword puzzle from The…