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Kevin Arnold

Kevin Arnold attended the University of Wisconsin as a Midshipman on a NROTC Scholarship. Upon graduation, he was commissioned and served as the Legal Officer on USS Columbus, CG12 and as Officer-in-Charge of USS Prowess, IX-305. He was selected for promotion to Lieutenant (the equivalent of an Army Captain) but separated at the end of the Vietnam era as a LTJG. He has published fifty stories and poems in literary magazines such as Seattle Review and Beloit Fiction Journal, and US Represented. He learned several elements of craft in an extraordinary week in Raymond Carver’s workshop at Centrum. Serving as President, Poetry Center San Jose from 2001-2013, he earned his MFA from San Jose State University in 2007 as well as help start Gold Rush Writers, in the California foothills, where he has taught since 2007. The San Francisco / Peninsula California Writer's Club recently named him Writer of the Year. Recent books include a novel, The Sureness of Horses, and a book of poems titled Do Not Think Badly of Me. He’s currently working on a follow-on novel, Palo Alto Joy Ride and has taken a recent interest in the villanelle.

The Sureness of Horses Ending–Chapters 35, 36, and 37 and Postscript

Click to see: Summary of All Chapters 35 One Saturday, when I brought Eva back to Diana’s, she and I talked in her kitchen. “I’m hoping you’ll stick around for Christmas,” I said. “Amelia’s coming out. She wants to discuss ideas about what to do after graduation.” “I haven’t made plans yet.” Diana was dipping pieces

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