Published inKill Your GuruExcerpt From the Americ Book of the DeadThe old woman’s body on a platform that fills the cave, pallid skin, leathered face, lower lip stretched up over the upper, sutured in…Nov 29Nov 29
Published inKill Your GuruWho Am I This Time?I started this essay before the election, but was knocked completely off balance by the results and couldn’t get back into it until this…Nov 171Nov 171
Random EncounterThe images that come in dreams are not random. There was nothing random about my father coming to me — in a dream — to tell me how sad he…Aug 20Aug 20
It Has to Be HarrisThe risk is too great. It must be Kamala Harris, and we must unite behind her. The longer we wait, the harder it’s going to be.Jul 61Jul 61
A Bad Fall, and a ReturnI had a bad fall. As in the season. My mood generally turns dour around September, but then usually gets better by Thanksgiving. My…Jun 27Jun 27
Published inKill Your GuruA Man in FullDespite his six foot height and broad shoulders, his clothes hung on him loosely like a child growing into hand-me-downs. He wore a green…May 8May 8
Poetry Review: Steady by Anne WhitehouseSteady is a truly massive accomplishment and a work that should be read more than once. Whitehouse is casting a spell with this collection.Nov 20, 20231Nov 20, 20231
Published inKill Your Guruthe ninth gatewhy should making something outside of ourselves justify our existence?Nov 17, 2023Nov 17, 2023
Published inKill Your GuruHere’s Lookin’ at You, KidI don’t have writer’s block. I have writer’s fright. Nothing is permitted. Everything is true. I tell myself that I cannot lie in my…Oct 24, 20231Oct 24, 20231