#thomas gardner

[bookofkhidr]

Here and now—exactly. The terms that summon presence. In the literal sense, as well as the spiritual. Although we usually use the word to mean the presence of the greater-than-human, in that book in particular it’s the presence of others—the attempt to rebuild the shattered community of the we.

Jorie Graham, interviewed by Thomas Gardner, from The Art of Poetry No. 85, Paris Review Spring 2003

[natskys-w]

I'm on the 3rd book of the Splintered series and its offical and undeniable....l love Alyssa mum and dad.

💖💖💖I need their book💖💖💖

[harmoniouspixels]

Thomas came back for a visit! My Heart Melted.

[judgingbooksbycovers]

Poverty Creek Journal: On Life and Running

By Thomas Gardner.

[harmoniouspixels]

The Gardner Family Generation 1: The Parents

So remember how Chadrick mentioned that author in today’s MMBC episode? Yeah, I felt compelled to dive into my own lore on her. (Disclosure: hearing about them and their exploits may be rare, since they are on my laptop when I go to my friend’s house and we Sim. But, for now, you’ll hear more on them).

Susan and Thomas Gardner met in their history class at Sims University. They kept in touch after that class, and ended up having a few more together. Soon enough those study sessions turned into hangouts, which in turn transitioned to dates. In hopes of pursuing their dreams, Susan as a Star News Anchor, and Thomas a Five-Star Chef, they moved to Sunset Valley.

Years passed and they had made significant progress. That’s when they were expecting! Feeling the pressure on them, they married rather quickly. Shortly after, Susan gave birth to twins: Mitchell and Deena. After gaining some wealth, the family moved, and they soon welcomed Britney into their growing brood. It wasn’t long after that they had Nina.

Another move was in store, and their last, brought them next to the Frio household. Here, as everyone was busy, Mitchell explored his own path down sexuality. Just as the news of a fifth family member came down, Mitchell sheepishly announced there would be a grandchild soon. Ashton (the fifth child of Susan and Thomas) came into the world just before Hunter (the first child of Mitchell). Despite the hardships, everyone pitched in. The children did well in school, Ashton and Hunter formed a strong Uncle-Nephew bond, while Susan and Thomas achieved their lifetime wishes.

Susan, up to her 95th day, has written 25 novels. They include some great works such as ...Baby One More Time, Oops!... I Did It Again, I’m a Slave for You, Toxic, Gimme More, and so on. Thomas has taken up painting in his retirement, and hopes to max it out.

Detailed bios of the children are coming, but to see them sooner, here’s the family tree for them.

[iamrunning]

What We Think About When We Run - The New Yorker

To run five or ten or twenty-six miles is, as much as anything else, to engage with the deep strangeness that is the human mind.

[abbylwatson]

What We Think About When We Run - The New Yorker

To run five or ten or twenty-six miles is, as much as anything else, to engage with the deep strangeness that is the human mind.

That feeling we chase, “the inherently profound nature of the enterprise, which mingles body and mind, pleasure and suffering, self and world”

[bookofwriting]

“I'd say poetry wants to be contagious, to be a contagion. Its syntax wants to pass something on to an other in the way that you can, for example, pass laughter on. It's different from being persuasive and making an argument. That's why great poems have so few arguments in them. They don't want to make the reader ‘agree.’ They don't want to move through the head that way. They want to go from body to body. Built in is the belief that such community—could one even say ceremony—might ‘save’ the world.”

— Jorie Graham, The Art of Poetry No. 85 (interview by Thomas Gardner), The Paris Review