The Ballad of the Built-in Fingernail

Author(s)

Rick Broussard

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

2-11-2019

Abstract

Editor's Note: Rick Broussard's late mother wrote a rhymed essay titled "The Built-in-Fingernail" as an homage to Erma Bombeck. It was never published or shared with Erma and "sadly all traces of (my mother's) opus vanished with her death about 25 years ago." This piece is Rick's "effort to close the loop on (his) mother's dream in some small way."

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton

eCommons Citation

Broussard, Rick, "The Ballad of the Built-in Fingernail" (2019). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 1167.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/1167