"Like writing, walking may also amount to a mixture of imprimatur and erasure. But does my walking nearly replace one grid with another? There's something tyrannical, Sisyphean, in passing over the same ground over and over again, in being compelled (or compelling oneself) to do so. And yet I am likely the only one who will ever walk these exact paths – they would lead one so ludicrously out of one's way. But then, that's their purpose."
Erik Anderson’s critical and creative work has appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Witness, The Laurel Review, The Poetry Project Newsletter, Versal, and Rain Taxi, among other publications. A former contributing editor at the Denver Quarterly, he co-edits the mail-art magazine Thuggery & Grace. He lives outside of Denver.