Assignment: Write a New Version of Gatsby
Myrtle leaves her girdle
and her dog
(“They’re nice to have—a dog”)
in the apartment where she canoodles with Tom.
Nothing else bad happens to Myrtle!
It’s a romcom.
Cody Walker teaches creative writing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He’s the author of three poetry collections, including The Self-Styled No-Child (Waywiser, 2016). He directs the Bear River Writers’ Conference in Northern Michigan.