Tom BrouilletteDaughter of Pullman (excerpt)There was an elderly couple in an apartment across the hallway from the last apartment I lived in in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago…May 4May 4
Tom BrouilletteThe End of BullyingIn first grade, the teacher realized that I could not see the blackboard. I soon got glasses, but being shy and now being “four eyes,” I…Mar 31Mar 31
Tom BrouilletteDaughter of Pullman (excerpt)That things were not well with my mother began to sink in with me the night of a thunderstorm, while we were visiting an aunt and uncle…Mar 21Mar 21
Tom BrouilletteAn October NightWe walk along rain-soaked Champlain Avenue at dusk. Cars drive past and the sizzling noise of tires on wet pavement blends with the rustle…Feb 15Feb 15
Tom BrouilletteCurfewA week before my eighteenth birthday, Denise and I were stopped by the Chicago police just after 11 p.m. There was a curfew for anyone…Feb 15Feb 15
Tom BrouilletteBad Medical AdviceOne day in 1972 I discovered multiple painful pimples on my penis. I knew it was something bad, but what was it?Feb 5Feb 5