“Advice and instruction have always fascinated me, partly because of their pathos—so little is transmitted in any given instance of advice or pedagogy.”

Squibs of passion … these are all
My marshaled senses can recall.

Bend and ripple in the heat waves,
Stippled streaks of skin cooked
Raw, blushing rose.

When physical fitness meets the literary life.Young people are a mess. They eat the crappiest fast food, make a point of drinking only to excess, barely sleep, indulge in all sorts of chemicals—and yet, given even a modicum of activity, their bodie…