Chet Baker
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The Dark Lady
In my imaginings, Ava was always a woman driving at night, a face behind glass in a shiny speeding vehicle, motoring down the road.
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Jay Deshpande
I try to make sure no one’s around when I talk out loud to books.
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On Pain
There is pain in the Kentucky mountains. Some people’s bodies throb with the ache of repetitive injuries. I am here, they yell to a cloudless sky. Look at me. I am hurting. I am in pain.