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Harry Groome

Harry Groome

“Fall’s the perfect time to hunker down and read deeply.”

— The New York Times

Oct 17, 2022

“Fall’s the perfect time to hunker down and read deeply.”

Oct 17, 2022

Harry Groome

Just Pee in the Cup

When I began publishing my Writers’ Notes in February of last year, my goal was to tell stories that focused on others — well-known public…

May 16, 2022

Just Pee in the Cup

May 16, 2022

Harry Groome

REMEMBERING SWEET BABY JAMES

I would guess that many of you define “revisionist history” as I do: you’re dead sure that the way you remember events is accurate and that…

Apr 6, 2022

REMEMBERING SWEET BABY JAMES

Apr 6, 2022

Harry Groome

Hunting, Fishing and the Law

Much like the opening of Norman Maclean’s A River Runs through It — “In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly…

Feb 27, 2022

Feb 27, 2022

Harry Groome

Fallen Idol

Traditionally, parachuting into hostile territory has been how airborne units enter combat, but, on occasion, the brass finds more creative…

Jan 20, 2022

Fallen Idol

Jan 20, 2022

Harry Groome

Rejection, Death, and Oprah

In the winter of 1998/99, I was in my third residency at the Vermont College of Fine Arts seeking an MFA in Writing. The previous semester…

Dec 14, 2021

Dec 14, 2021

Harry Groome

Searching

He was born in the crawl space underneath our cellar stairs. I don’t know why his mother, a stumpy chocolate Labrador named Mocha, ignored…

Nov 14, 2021

Searching

Nov 14, 2021

Harry Groome

Norman Mailer and the Rope-A-Dope

A bellicose Norman Mailer had come to the Writers House to argue the premise of his most recent book, his case against the Bush…

Oct 18, 2021

Norman Mailer and the Rope-A-Dope

Oct 18, 2021

Harry Groome

Superman at Thirteen

As we finished our seventh-grade year at Chestnut Hill Academy, Davis Miller was about to become our hero, the boy we all wanted to be. His…

Sep 20, 2021

Sep 20, 2021

Harry Groome

Handcuffed

Transporting prisoners wasn’t unfamiliar to me. In 1959, a soldier had gone AWOL from Ft. Bragg, and the police in Philadelphia had…

Aug 16, 2021

Handcuffed

Aug 16, 2021

Harry Groome

Harry Groome

I’m a conservationist (and “recovering” businessman) who now writes novels and short fiction with an occasional poem or essay thrown in the mix.

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