Voices: J. K. Grodzins
Josh K. Grodzkins and his dog, Connor.
J. K. Grodzins was born and raised in Hyde Park, the first and oldest integrated neighborhood in Chicago. He has also lived in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City, prior to making his home in Camden.
Recent Posts by J. K. Grodzins
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To Cup a Hummingbird
By J.K. Godzins - Oct 09When I was a boy growing up in Chicago, there was so much about the city that I loved, and I guess one of the best things was all of the parks, ...
The sequel
By J.D. Grodzins - May 15So, a guy walks into a bar. Have you heard this one? A guy walks into a bar and he sits down at his favorite stool and all seems well. It's a ...
My wife to be
By J. K. Godzins - Mar 22I met my future wife tonight, in Rockport, at a bar. There are a number of things that are funny about this. The first is that when this bar first ...
OK, so I'm an addict
By J.K. Grodzins - Jan 28I'll confess to you a problem. OK, most of us do confess our problems, to a priest, to a friend, but not in print. I'm out there. I'm confessing ...
At the Center
By J. K. Grodzins - Dec 14My friends are asking me these days, am I writing much? I usually have a moments pause where I then say, no, not really, I wish I were. Sometimes ...
A Taxi Ride for Taxiing
By J.K. Grodzins - Oct 25I used to own a taxi business in Camden, a few of my friends from the old days know that. It was actually the first thing I did when I got to ...
Winning is Losing
By J.K. Grodzins - Sep 10I still want to dive in. I always want to try. That's a lie. I've never wanted to try anything. Because I just didn't want to fail, and for me, ...
On the way to 'Robin and the Seven Hoods'
By J. K. Grodzins - Aug 04I grew up in Chicago, on the Southside. For some people who know Chicago at all, just hearing that or saying "the Southside" brings up fear: parts ...
I have my father's creel
By J.K. Grodzins - Jul 07I have my father's creel. He never took me fishing. I have my father's creel. He had my awe for real. He was a man of power and means, he was a ...
The Sunday after David’s farewell
By J.K. Grodzins - Jul 07Last month, J.K. Grodzins paid tribute to his friend in "A Song for David." In this piece, he reflects on David's farewell. Of course I wanted ...
A song for David
By J.K. Grodzins - Jun 02The phone rang the other night, late; it was Kate. Kate doesn't mince words, she never minces words. She's often cold and stark, but then there ...
Four talks
By J.K. Grodzins - May 05Lost, lost in a sea of change, I dive again. It is a lost world I live in, but not the same lost world you speak of. My heart is still ...
Going home
By Josh K. Grodzins - Apr 07As a little boy, I loved the city bus and black women; they seemed to go hand-in-hand. When I was about 5, there was a black woman who worked for ...
