The Pitch Questionnaire: Robert Stewart
Occupation: Editor of New Letters magazine; editor-in-chief, BkMk Press and New Letters on the Air; writing coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Hometown: St. Louis
Current neighborhood: Prairie Village
Who or what is your sidekick? My wife of four years, Lisa, and our terrier, Sparky — the star of Windsor Park and Meadowlake Park. I find myself thinking of a poem by Robert Bly, to his wife, that starts, “Oh well, let’s go on eating the grains of eternity.”
What career would you choose in an alternate reality? I would own an olive grove and a vineyard, and I would spend my days soaked in sweat, my nights reading and drinking wine. The wine would be red. The place would be Sicily.
