Session 6
The amazing lawns of the Bread Loaf campus in Ripton, VT are outdone only by the quality of the writers who congregate there for twelve days each summer. I was lucky enough to visit for a few days this year and see many old friends and make a few new ones.
Rus Bradburd was there with his wife, the poet Connie Voisine, and their ridiculously cute daughter Alma. Rus graduated from the MFA program at NMSU a few years before me. One of the things one learns quickly while talking with him is that he is uber talented: he coached university-level basketball for many years, he plays fiddle really well, and he knows how to tell a story.
For this session, Rus plays a tune then reads the opening to his nonfiction book Paddy on the Hardwood: A Journey in Irish Hoops, a story that covers his two years spent coaching basketball in Ireland.
