Both of these essays are in the manuscript The Marriage Bed. Stay tuned for more online publications of the essays from the manuscript and for possible publication of the book on Kindle.
NEW BOOK: My Kind of River Journey: Seeking Passage on the Mississippi is scheduled for publication in September by the Center for American Places, Columbia College Chicago, distributed by the University of Chicago Press. It will be available from the usual outlets: amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, etc.