Memories of Malasada

I followed my parents’ lead for the spoken and unspoken commands of mass. My leather shoes pinched my toes with every movement, my velvet...

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...

The Art of Letting Go

I followed our moving van over Boston's Tobin Bridge from Gloucester, Massachusetts. I was newly divorced; my four-year-old boy was belted into his car...

Some Girls Have All the Luck, Some Girls Have All the Pain

The week I read Emily May’s essay collection Some Girls, I visit the Wayne Thiebaud exhibit “Art Comes From Art” at the Legion of...

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...

Some Girls Have All the Luck, Some Girls Have All the Pain

The week I read Emily May’s essay collection Some Girls, I visit the Wayne Thiebaud exhibit “Art Comes From Art” at the Legion of...

What We Collect

How to Crash

Reaper

Night Flight to L.A.

You might be surprised to learn that it was Edward G. Robinson, the brittle and faded celluloid star from the nineteen-forties, who appeared in...

Twinning

Not Ready Yet

Sun King

When to Panic

In the Room After Death and Scratch

In the Room After Death Everything is whole and unfinished at once, nothing is owed beyond the body of the moment, its exact geometry and sensitive skin as we sit over her tented...
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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