We can recognize and give credit where credit is due, to the debt of taste we owe Europe, but we have taste, too.
I've seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn't occurred to me to take any of those stories and build on them. They seem very finished for me, so I don't feel like going back and dredging them up.
The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

