Looking at the two stems housed in a water glass on my kitchen table, it strikes me that “in the ground” means opposite things for flowers and people. As long as a flower remains in the ground, it lives. “Poppies are incredible,” my friend Monika, a floral designer, tells me. “Even after they’re cut they […]
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Christopher Gonzalez discusses his debut story collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT.
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he lives in closets, stalks young kids, & takes them in the middle of the night.
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“The book is about the complicated problem of loving.”
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We get to devour our horror from the top of the head down to the tips of the toes.
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With Deesha Philyaw, Jaquira Díaz, Danielle Gellar, and Torrey Peters.
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It was strange what the nudity did to us—what the nakedness undid.
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Tara Isabel Zambrano discusses DEATH, DESIRE, AND OTHER DESTINATIONS.
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Rebecca McClanahan discusses her new memoir-in-essays, IN THE KEY OF NEW YORK CITY.
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A permanent job doesn’t need her, and neither do her boyfriends.
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My favorite was usually the smallest, the most alive.
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“Because that’s how memories are, right? Little flashes.”
...moreEvery so often, I post links to a bunch of very short essays that only take a second to read but that made my day better. Hopefully, they’ll make your’s better too. “Last night, I had a little power at my house as the darkness settled over us all. I sent out pulses into space. […]
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