In baseball, the odds of scoring a run with a runner on second and no outs are 62%. The Mariners just failed to do it in 3 straight innings. The odds of that are about 5.5%. Coincidentally, they were 1/19…
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Old Friends
Old friends old friends sat on their park bench like bookends A newspaper blown through the grass falls on the round toes of the high shoes of the old friends … Can you imagine us years from today Sharing a…
A Wake for Donald Clayton (1948-2023)
We are holding an informal wake and open house for my father on Saturday, July 8th, starting at 2:00 PM. It will be at the house he made so beautiful, 1514 Silver Avenue SW in Albuquerque. All are welcome to…
Defund. Dismantle. Reinvest.
I’ve made a series of graphics to advocate steps that American cities and society writ large can take to shift their priorities from violence and racism toward something more collaborative and positive. Here’s an example: If you would like to…
Launching StoreyClayton.com
For the first time since 2002, I have launched a new website. That’s not entirely true. I revamped several websites, including that of what is now CIS Gulf South (then CIS of Greater New Orleans, with this blog.) I’ve helped…
Turtle Island Quarterly Publishes “The Nature of New Orleans”
Turtle Island Quarterly is an online magazine focusing on the human connection to the natural world. Two days ago, they published Storey Clayton’s short narrative essay “The Nature of New Orleans.” (Scroll to the bottom of the linked page to…
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Spitfire Literary Magazine Publishes “With Friends Like These”
Newly founded literary journal Spitfire Literary Magazine just published Storey Clayton’s narrative nonfiction story “With Friends Like These.” This story puts readers behind the wheel for a memorable ride with a particularly inebriated rider at a critical juncture in his…
Riggwelter Press Publishes “Lost and Found”
UK-based literary journal Riggwelter Press just published Storey Clayton’s essay “Lost and Found.” This essay examines Uber ridership through items accidentally discarded in the car, culminating in a poignant vignette. This work is the third excerpt from Clayton’s rideshare memoir…
Eunoia Review Publishes “Long Night’s Journey into Day”
Singapore-based online literary journal Eunoia Review just published Storey Clayton’s epic Uber story “Long Night’s Journey into Day.” This work is an excerpt from Clayton’s rideshare memoir, Driving for U: Behind the Wheel of a New Orleans Uber, recounting an…