The Art of Running
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Last published Mon, May 7, 2018
Everett is trapped. Wednesdays are an escape. The piano is an outlet. Lowell is a dream.
Family, responsibility, and expectations suffocate Everett Wickes. Victorian tradition is stifling and he is convinced it's not for him. He spends his days reading contemporary poems written by people who must have lived and he has an idea and it might involve his godly piano instructor, Lowell Rochester.
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