Works by Russell Cordell Staker

Tag: Kindness

The Slippery Craft

Post author By Russell Staker
Post date May 13, 2020

In early 2008 I dreamt I met the writer, Richard Price. We sat at a bar holding heavy glasses of whiskey and ice. He looked directly into my eyes and told me about the slippery craft of writing. I listened. *** I attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, as a freshman in the fall of […]

Tags Austin Texas, cedarbadge, Humanity, Kindness, Language, Literary Essay, Literature, Rexburg Idaho, richardprice, Ricks College, Story, Utah, Writing

Humanity

Big Pockets

Post author By Russell Staker
Post date May 3, 2020

I notice the cleaners. Doesn’t matter where. They pass by pushing utility carts. They are quiet, stoic, aware, and usually all too kind. They are focused, nonplussed. They spend their days invisible. No one wants their job. The work they do is hard, unpleasant. There is no pretense with a cleaner, just understated nobility. I […]

Tags Arts & Letters, Big Pockets, Cleaner, D-Day, Hard Work, Humanity, Kindness, Literary Essay, Nobility, Russell Cordell Staker, Story, Writer