Thomas Fiffer anticipates the beginning of a weekend with his boys.
About Thomas G. Fiffer
Thomas G. Fiffer is a graduate of Yale and holds an M.A. in creative writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He posts daily on his blog, Tom Aplomb, on his morning commute from Westport to New York, where he works at Leadership Directories, a database publishing company. He is also a featured storyteller with MouseMuse Productions and is working on his first novel.
Love Letter Lost
October 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Years later, Thomas Fiffer can recall every aspect of the letter he wrote to her—how he felt, the way his “e’s” curled—everything except for the words.
An Email From My Father
September 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tom Fiffer longs to hear the ping of a new text message or email: the one that would let him know his father got his message and is replying.
Love of the Imagined
August 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tom Fiffer’s perspectives on the children in his life range from immersion to the hypothetical.
Rothko at Low Tide
August 20, 2012 By 6 Comments
Given Rothko’s suicide, I found myself thinking about low tide, not in the nautical sense but as the emotional state a person is experiencing when considering ending existence.
We’ll Always Have Chicago [Video]
July 6, 2012 By 10 Comments
Thomas G. Fiffer remembers Julia: “Fingers that penned intense love poems … Fingers that were skilled in other arts as well.”
“Straight men learned from gay men that physically affectionate, emotionally intimate friendships are not unmanly.”
These are comments by David May and Rick on the post “For The Love Of God, Please Stop Saying ‘Bromance’”.