• Jonathan Griffith grew up in Iowa and is a 1974 graduate of Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and a 1978 graduate of the University of Iowa Fiction Writing Workshop. He has published stories and essays in literary quarterlies, including, among others, Nimrod, North American Review, San Antonio Review, Prairie Schooner, North Meridian Review, and Flock. He lives in Brattleboro, Vermont, with his wife Jeri, their best friend Nancy, and two beagles, Molly and Ruby.

Nonfiction

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When the order came to report to my draft physical in early spring of 1972, it was no surprise. With my low number (seven) in the lottery for young men born in 1952,... Read more.