katharine johnsen

March 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

BIRTHDAY by Katharine Johnsen Boca Raton, March 1995 Clasping my hand around my grandfather’s, I pulled him from a doze to rehearse; he was my Daddy Warbucks and I was turning seven, obsessed with Annie. When he wanted to know how we should celebrate, I said, a party with my … [Read more…]

Katharine Johnsen

March 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

MY OBITUARIES by Katharine Johnsen I started reading the obituaries after he came home from the hospital, checked them like he checked his stocks, like they mattered as much as his test results. I was preparing to navigate my own goodbye. I read about the fresh deaths; I read the archives posted as part of … [Read more…]