Jeffrey Hermann

Feb 21, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Wynter K. Miller |Jeffrey Hermann

We Deserve Applause for Normal Things Born, 1968. Misunderstood everything, ‘72 to ‘86. Started pulling it together after that. Eventually I became the first in my family to lie in a field of clover and speak earnestly to cows. Then I fell in love and got married. When she asks if it’s cold outside, my wife doesn’t want to know the temperature; she’s asking how she’ll feel when she leaves the house. I try to earn her trust by thinking about her bare arms, her face.

Jun 16, 2023 | trampset.org | Jeffrey Hermann

Whoever invented blaming our mothers should stand up and take a bow. They couldn't be here tonight so accepting the award on their behalf is their mother. She thanks the social sciences. The award for best original song most likely to end up in a Volvo commercial is a five-way tie. My favorite speech of the night was from that guy from that thing who came from nothing and suffered many setbacks and even poverty and was told to give it up but he didn't and got the role of a lifetime.