The One Where She Watched Friends (and Liked It)
I started watching Friends a little late in the game. And by late, I mean a quarter of a century after it debuted on television,
Pretty, Crazy, Dead Girls and Taylor Swift
The body in the wet shroud of transparent ivory was Lizzie Siddal’s. She was a painter’s model.
Nainai
My presence that summer must have been a shock to Nainai, but oddly enough she never questioned why a tall, thin, white, American guy was living in her home.
The Wall Tent
An 8×10 waterproof canvas tent with metal poles and the space for a wood stove, that tent has seen most of Oregon.
Not Quite: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Set roughly sixty years before the Hunger Games trilogy, Ballad is, essentially, two origin stories in one.
A Review of the Books in My Closet I Can’t Get Rid of But Will Never Read
If the title is in a sans-serif font with one word per line on the front cover, you know it must be good.
The Once and Future Writing
This is where greatness begins, should we choose it.
Spain, 1936-1975
For thousands living abroad or in Spain, wondering and waiting, the years dragged on and on.
Run Boy Run: Reflections on Personal Evolution
I started being an English teacher abroad, then I stopped. Then I started being a nuclear electrician’s mate, then I stopped. I started being a butch lesbian, then I stopped.
One Year in 23S
When I walk through the blue door, now it feels like a home—my home.
