Terror Is a Faggot with Halal Sausages Strapped to His Chest
Dishonesty became a form of protection.
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...moreLiterary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
...more“The green path takes far more work to even recognize—it takes bushwhacking.”
...moreWhat I know and don’t know about men matters. What men know and don’t know about themselves matters more.
...moreI’m writing about the border through the eyes of children because the border is a problem of the imagination.
...more[T]he thing about receiving music from other people is this: there is always some grace associated with the transaction.
...morePerhaps part of what prompted me to get clean and sober was the fact I kept making myself uncomfortable.
...moreFollowing in The Boss’s footsteps, many musicians are speaking out against North Carolina’s so-called “bathroom bill,” which bans trans men and women from using bathrooms of a gender other than that listed on their birth certificates. Ringo Starr, Pearl Jam, Boston, Ani DiFranco, Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas have cancelled shows scheduled in North Carolina in […]
...moreLizzie Karr’s influences range from Ani DiFranco to James Brown. The Godfather of Soul’s funkiness is apparent in Karr’s latest single, “Run Like A Girl,” which trades DiFranco-style staccato verses for punchy horn lines. The Bay Area artist recently toured the Pacific Northwest in support of her new record Like It’s Bad. “I was tired […]
...moreBack in college, Chelsey Clammer proclaimed herself an ecofeminist with an outbreak of bumper stickers on the back of her car: “Tree Hugging Dirt Worshiper,” “‘The Only Bush I Trust is My Own (and underneath that I wrote ‘and my girlfriend’s’),” and “a slew of…rainbow Ani Difranco stickers.” These days, she’s more partial to Lil Wayne […]
...moreBoth hands, please use both hands. Oh no, don’t close your eyes. I am writing graffiti on your body. I am drawing the story of how hard we tried.
...moreMaking a Pie (Instructions for Pie and Life) 1. The act of reading poetry is a fine thing to incorporate. Begin, say, with Cornelius Eady’s “Gratitude” and take it from there.
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