Bob Brackin
MORE STUFF contains “Virginia City,” a reminiscence of the author’s three-month stay in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1976; eight poems; and “That Was New York,” an essay based on a trip to New York City in 1983.
Bob Brackin lives in Orlando, Florida. He’s a 1975 graduate of the University of Central Florida, with a B.A. degree in English.
I looked out the window of the airplane at Reno way down below, and the barren landscape surrounding it. I thought I was going to be sick.
In the hold of the plane were my suitcase, and a trunk with books and personal items. In my pocket was my one-way ticket.
Way down there Evelyne was waiting. She was a piano bar entertainer living in Virginia City, whom I’d known when she lived in Florida….
