Seeking a story I read online; letter to Bush, simple narrator talking about his own life

July 18, 2004 11:52 AM

I'm trying to find a lovely story I read on the Internet perhaps a year ago. It was published in some (very) obscure online literary zine. Fairly lengthy.

The story was framed as a letter to President Bush, although it had nothing to do with Bush or politics. The narrator (letter-writer) was kind of a simpleton. I believe he was a construction worker or something similar. He talked about a particular co-worker, and his love life.

Thanks!

If I had to guess I'd say I followed a link there from Riley Dog, but his archives don't go back far enough to see.

posted by Aaorn to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

You could try emailing Steve at Riley Dog. Nice fellow.
posted by gleuschk at 2:01 PM on July 18, 2004

Best answer: Paul Maliszewski's 'Ten Letters to the President" in Fence the winter of 2003.

http://www.fencemag.com/v5n2/text/maliszewski.html

i may never keep archives but i have a good memory some days.
happy trails
posted by riley370 at 2:33 PM on July 18, 2004

Response by poster: Well, wuddya know. Thanks a ton, Steve!
posted by Aaorn at 2:49 PM on July 18, 2004