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Michael Hicks

Michael Hicks was a Truman Capote Fellow at the University of Montana. His short fiction has appeared in BULL. He lives in Georgia and recently completed his first novel. 

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Drop a Card, Make the Set

Fall 2023 | Columns

I start lucky. Two friends in Southeast Alaska have a permit and a boat and invite me to join them as a deckhand, gillnetting. For three summers, we share a bunk and work within a few feet of each other, coming back to Juneau most weekends, grilling and playing ping-pong. We don’t get rich, which is fine.