Songs without Words
Grief, securing its furthest reach, may enclose someone as completely as a mother encloses a fetus.
Ampydoo Cartoon #1
A dog cartoon by Alan Michael Parker.
Scenes from a Marriage
I always worry about what you think about me, about what I’m doing. Even when I’m not hiding anything.
Why I Cartoon
I guess I'm a recovering writer. Or an aspiring painter. Or a sit-down comedian.
Mimicking
In this reality, the ocean is able to displace itself
at will in pulsing fog-twists.
Interview: Bethany Ball, Author of The Pessimists
I wanted to write a book that sort of said, “We are all messing up. None of us know what we are doing. Even the people who act like they know—they don't know.”
Birds on the Roof
I looked up and saw these black smudges all over the roof. First I thought it was mud or leaves or both, but then I noticed the feathers.
5 New Books of December 2021
Five new books published in the final month of 2021.
Fuck Carpe Diem
If I die now, I will have regrets. I am a writer who hasn’t made time for writing.
Repair
Lex had asked the question so many times it had become rote, yet today she yearned to know the answer. She couldn’t explain why.