Brian McCurdy
Brian McCurdy

Brian McCurdy is an essayist and songwriter living in Tokyo, Japan, with his wife and son. His essays have appeared in such literary publications as Bellevue Literary Review, The Iowa Review, and The North American Review. His songs can be heard at http://www.reverbnation.com/brianmccurdy. He studied creative nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa’s Creative Nonfiction Program. His last A1c number was 5.5, he’s happy to say.

Sweet Blood

In the morning, I think of my father. Perhaps only for a moment, and perhaps it is not so much a thought as an evocation, an impression. But he is there with me in the bathroom there in the cool bottle of insulin, snug in my hand like an egg in a nest...
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