T is for Tradition
Do you think people’ll mind if I write something that doesn’t mean anything except maybe moving, missing, and rebellion?
Rr is for Rosalía
Rosalía manages to marry the coolness of a modern pop auteur with the sublime terror of a Dalí painting.
S is for Slytherin
Ambition requires imagination, but it is not satisfied with daydreams.
R is for Rapture
Maybe my own childhood obsession with Jesus’s nuke-bright descent onto little Lansing, Illinois, reflected my peripheral engagement with wider, turn-of-the-millennium Evangelical culture
Q is for Ten Points
What is a “QINTAR” and why do I “SUQ” so much at this game?
P is for Pterodactyl
But—a precaution—do not be prejudiced. My prerogative was purely positive.
O is for Out
Several things happen at once: ba-boom. Flicker. Shatter.
M is for Music City
Can I carry around a sign that reads: “I’m new here”? Can I attend the adult version of Cokes and Clubs?
L is for Linger
So I guess I’m waiting. Statistically, that shoe’s gotta fall sometime.
K is for Know-how
What you’re really saying is “I’m fairly certain I’m right but I also want you to know how humble I am.
