The days are sliding into one another, and I’m having a hard time keeping track of the date and time. Today, I noticed that I only have 6 days left….
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Tonight, as I’m writing this residency application letter, I’m trying my hardest to be eloquent and full of purpose. I want the committee to recognize how deserving I am and…
AWP 2012. This year I came home from Chicago with a four-day hangover, a twitching eye, a ripped suitcase, and a nasty head cold. All of that was expected. Also…
In Athens there are orange trees growing out of the sidewalks. Americans warned me about the crime and filth, the vandalism of this city, but I was too humbled by…
My close friend has a book out. I just read it cover to cover, and although I’ve read most of those poems in various forms throughout the past couple…
We were in an epic hurry when we dropped him off. A half hour late and registration was closing. We rushed around like hens, dumped him and his suitcase at…
Lately, during my designated “writing time,” I find myself shuffling around the house in my slippers and rearranging piles of cooking magazines and lengthy utility bills. I take out the…
I’ve been thinking of babies, little balls of cells and energy and song. I want to fill my house with their tiny baby fists and milky baby wails. I want…