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I tell my students Gertrude Stein did not

just wake up knowing how to punch a zebra.

You have to be dedicated to the craft.

First, you have to know how to punch a horse.

Likewise, I wanted to move to Texas,

and installing a ranch-dressing pump

in my kitchen was my inauspicious start.

Another shift of classes and I’m gone.

When I announced my intention to leave,

my friends very caringly inquired into

how to go about applying for my job.

I just said, ‘You should ask Jason.’

‘Jason from the English Department?’

‘No, Jason Seaver, the dad from Growing Pains —

he’s actually a real person, you know.

He’s advising me to be a better friend to Boner … ’