Scott Stenson

SCOTT STENSON {[email protected]} earned a PhD in English from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He teaches writing and literature at Tennessee Tech University. He has published poetry with Christianity and Literature, BYU Studies, and Iris Review. He and his family have lived in Tennessee for about ten years. Currently, he serves as stake institute teacher. His interests include art, sports, music, and food.

Paper Route

Articles/Essays – Volume 55, No. 2

Podcast version of this piece. Sabbath afternoon in summer sometimes feelslike those February mornings I’d wedge thedamp butt of each newspaper in friend’s saddlepack clouded gray with his indistinguishablefingerprints. Their buckling mouths a smudgedbouquet of…