Tag: 2020
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Willy Lott’s Cottage
I skimmed my eyes over the algae to FlatfordAnd breathed in Constable’s lungs. DirtyClouds and gaps in the treeline rest,…
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Social Resistance
Her number appeared in his hand. He hesitated, then swiped the phone on the second verse of the ringtone. “Well…
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The Lottery
Under the auspicious gaze of the Minerva statue in their living room, Phyllisand Florian were preparing their trip to the…
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Tulsa
1921: Nearly a century ago, in Tulsa, the city where I grew up, a Black man allegedly assaulted a White…
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An Anorexic to the Dead Mother Who Made Writing Bible Verses an Act of Self-Loathing
All liars shall have their part in the lake which burns withfire and brimstone, which is the second death. Rev.…
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Premonition
Before it rains in Langtang, the rain dolls puckertheir cotton lips, the satin-ribbed curtains blowwith the rumbling thunder, the shutters of Sherpa…
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Poach
Sour grapes in the whirl-pool the albumen, fork a gentle cloudover the yolk, one foot on the sheet, this ghost’s getting caught. Down…
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Book Review: “Camp Sites: Sex, Politics, and Academic Style in Postwar America”
Not sure how to review this, as it’s been a while since I read a book in this experiential category:…
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Gospel of the Four Septembers
In the time of the Pentarchs, toward the end of the first summer, when his mother lay sick of a…
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EMILY AS SHE ASKS ME ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT MY PARENTS’ DIVORCE
I was unaccompaniedwhen it happened.I was an apple smashed into the lunch bagof a person who hadno need for a…