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Dumpster Chicken

1.    I remember eating dumpster chicken when I was 19. I had just finished my freshman year of college and was playing house...

The Long Run

“Clean air, clean water, open spaces – these should once again be the birthright of every American.” ~ President Richard M. Nixon (R), 1970...

Dinner Party

“Dinner at 7?” Kristin texts and out of habit I find the thumbs-up emoji and hit send. But then it’s 6:50 and Acadia calls...

Being a Host

"What are we looking at tonight, love?" The tarot reader asked me, their lips shiny with silver glitter. We were sitting at a round...

Beyoncé Sings Motherhood

MUSIC REVIEW The day of the BeyHive presale for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour (open to members of her official fanclub), I was sitting at my...

Navalny, Poetry, and Truth

On the morning I heard that the Russian political activist, Alexei Navalny, had died in a Siberian prison, I was mournful but not surprised. “So...

Background Music

That first year in Cambridge with the junkies in the hall and no heat because your mother could only pay 90 dollars a month...

Thought, but Didn’t Say

The Fab Four, that’s what Jordan, Daveen, Iris, and Kay called themselves for their sorority’s talent show. They sang an Abba tune from their...

Reason to Believe

Food & Stuff

The Mulberry Box

Not Girl but Leviathan

bubbling              with lust again I run from what I’m wanting go instead            to the local...
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Advice

Notes From a Veteran Querier

If you’ve written a book and want to publish through a traditional publisher, you’ll need a literary agent and to get one, you’ll need...

Further Reading