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***BIO*** Richard O'Donnell’s work has appeared in Everyday Fiction, Sniplits audio downloads, North Coast Review, Binaryorganic, Mind Fair, Kaleidoscope, Heartlands, Many Voices, The Gamut, Diskazine, The Alchemist, Telescope, Intro and The Plum Creek Review.  His short story collection, Rice Wine, was published on Disk in 1983, as was his interactive children’s chapter book, Where’s Santa Claus?   He has received two Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist grants for fiction.  He earned a MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University in 1983 and he taught college English part-time for 14 years. At present, he is the co-founder and facilitator of The Oberlin Writers Group in Oberlin, Ohio where he is working on the action scifi screenplay, The Main Street Project.  He is the head writer of the Oberlin Film Makers; their short films are available at YouTube.com.  His play, Daddy Allen: the Easter Seals Story, is to be presented by TrueNorth Arts and the Lorain County MetroParks in 2010. 

His website is: http://wormsview.com
Poetry Makes the Best Bathroom Books
by Richard M. O'Donnell
Poetry makes the best bathroom books.  It’s short, easy to put down and deals with the essence of life.  No other room so clearly reflects our own fundamental nature, or demands so much of our attention.  It’s more relentless than a lover, more basic than sin, and many of us are destined to die there, yet it’s the least appreciated room in literature.  You may pretend it doesn’t matter, but I’d rather the paramedics say, “Look, he was reading Sylvia Plath” then notice I was partially eaten by my cats.  But decide for yourself what legacy to leave.  Elvis drowned in his own vomit.  As for me, I’m convinced the toilet is the best place for most poetry, so I keep mine just above the flush.
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