Possum Garden
Some years ago now, my daughter found a possum skull partly buried in the woods behind our house. She was sixteen. She dislodged the skull from the earth with her fingers, washed it with a hose, then left it on a retaining wall by the back driveway. I could see ... Read More
Save a Tree, Burn an Author: A Green History of Writer Recycling: Fatw
“I have grown determined to prove that the art of literature is more resilient than what menaces it. The best defense of literary freedoms lies in their exercise, in continuing to make untrammeled, uncowed books.” Joseph Anton, aka Salman Rushdie By 1989, Norman Mailer was championing an ex-ad man who ... Read More
Thank You, Alan Cumming
As I was pondering if I had a process and if I had the capacity to write about it, I happened to receive in the mail a postcard from the New York Public Library regarding a Summer 2014 activity with the actor Alan Cumming titled “I Am Not a Cheese; I ... Read More
ESSAYS | Paradoxical Healing
Many things are more effectively communicated in an artistic context than in real-time dialogue. This is often the case with content fueled by anger or wounding. Art creates a parameter, enabling a reader to experience or witness content within a protected framework. It’s much like going to a zoo & ... Read More
Mise En Place*
She speaks very loudly. My voice is soft, some even say soothing. If I should ask her why she is yelling, she shouts louder, boisterously insisting the volume of her voice is at an appropriate level. She gets easily frustrated with me if I tell her to hush, or comment ... Read More