Joshua Dolezal

Joshua Dolezal is a Montana native, a sometime wilderness ranger, and a teacher at Central College, in Iowa. His essays have appeared most recently in The Kenyon Review, Fourth Genre, The Gettysburg Review, and Ascent. He also serves as an associate fellow for the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska.
Reading List
The Sweet Spot
When I suited up for Little League at age ten, shrugging into a maroon nylon top and pulling on my gleaming white pants rimmed with thick elastic at the waist, I distinguished myself by carrying a wooden bat to the …