Tyler KarnesAn Open Letter to My Family Members Who Voted For TrumpLet me begin by saying this is a response that was coming from me regardless of the election outcome, and that I can only assume your…Nov 10, 2016Nov 10, 2016
Tyler KarnesThat was when he started spending a lot of time at the lake. It began as self-inflicted punishment.Weeks to work up the nerve, weeks of standing on edge with toes in the dirt. Weeks of climbing atop the rocks at the far end of the lake…Jun 13, 2016Jun 13, 2016
Tyler KarnesHe remembered walking her around the grounds, always avoiding the lake and, at her request, the…They often stopped under the trees and listened to the wind whistle through the leaves, to the birds trading harmonies.Jun 5, 2016Jun 5, 2016
Tyler KarnesWhen they reached him, a strayed child from a broken home, he heard only a whisper, a whimper, a…The child strayed further, forgotten and burdened, curious and adventurous. Do not leave the grass, Atlas. Always, always his mother…May 30, 2016May 30, 2016
Tyler Karnes“A slight turn north onto O’Connell Bridge and the wide River Liffey — like a shot through the…Traffic slowed to a crawl. Early summer had been the backdrop to the start of the Civil War. O’Connell Street had been the playground where…May 21, 2016May 21, 2016
Tyler KarnesNo one was watching him.Angry shouts between fatherless siblings, matched by those of a widowed mother, rose up like the howls of wolves renewed; they rose like…May 17, 2016May 17, 2016
