Melissa Ginsburg is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her poems have appeared in FIELD, Crowd, Pleiades, Forklift Ohio, and many other publications. She lives in Iowa. 'Much' appears in her chapbook Arbor (New Michigan Press, 2007).
Lyda (age 69) talks with her friend and former neighbor, Joellen (age 68) about the flooding that drove them out of their neighborhood. They talk about evacuating, losing their homes, and their hopes to rebuild.
Newspaper articles about Nile Kinnick's untimely death and the many tributes that followed, which included scholarships, awards, memorials and the renaming of the University of Iowa's stadium to Kinnick Stadium.
Concerning his enjoyment of her letter and of her role as Mr. Macready's proxy; hopes that Macready will soon be able to consider his play, i.e. the Secret Marriage; sends excerpt, first lines being: Blessings on thee! And you know why I make this...