Crushing It
Discovering each new piece of her was a treasure only surpassed by the next discovery. It did not take too long before she agreed to make our relationship official.
No One to Thank and the Myth of the Lone Genius
While the myth of the lone genius is dangerous for the successful artist, it is absolutely cruel to the aspiring artist.
East Washington
I didn’t like my room when I first moved in. It didn’t have Flynn, for one thing.
My Mom’s Kitchen
There’s a warm spot on the floor in front of the refrigerator—my favorite spot to think.
Yes
You’re not supposed to say yes to everything these days. I know.
There Are Robots At the Gym
Inside these walls, we aren’t robots.
Inside these walls, we are artists.
Rock’s New Resistance
The reasons for rock’s indifference towards indie’s old hegemony are several.
Embodied, Pt. I
Bodies fail our expectations; that is what it is to be embodied.
Applying to Grad School: A Spiritual Practice in Seven Emails
Dear Supportive Friends, Middle School English Teachers, and Madcap Coffee:
Fourteen Going on Thirty
Anyway we walk quickly because it’s cold and I say, “I’m thirty!” but I’m also fourteen and twenty-one and making all those mistakes.
