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Dumpster Chicken

1.    I remember eating dumpster chicken when I was 19. I had just finished my freshman year of college and was playing house...

The Long Run

“Clean air, clean water, open spaces – these should once again be the birthright of every American.” ~ President Richard M. Nixon (R), 1970...

Dinner Party

“Dinner at 7?” Kristin texts and out of habit I find the thumbs-up emoji and hit send. But then it’s 6:50 and Acadia calls...

The Living Encounter the Dead

I learned how to tag, bag and transport a body to the morgue before I ever took care of a living patient. I had...

Beyoncé Sings Motherhood

MUSIC REVIEW The day of the BeyHive presale for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour (open to members of her official fanclub), I was sitting at my...

Navalny, Poetry, and Truth

On the morning I heard that the Russian political activist, Alexei Navalny, had died in a Siberian prison, I was mournful but not surprised. “So...

That Summer in Bulgaria

He sat on the stone stairs of the hostel, writing left-handed in a Moleskin. Our car rolled up in front of him, me in...

Comfort Zone

I'm behind the recycling bins in the alleyway beside Drury's café, yanking off my blouse, bra, skirt and knickers, stuffing them into a Sainsbury's...

Prodigies

Paan Leaves

The Bracelet

Brunch

~ BRUNCH ~ Sunrise Over a Scraggle of Food-Strewn Debris cocktail napkins stained maraschino & stuffed into glass throats. I open umbrellas & wipe down Bistro Tables Still...

Advice

Notes From a Veteran Querier

If you’ve written a book and want to publish through a traditional publisher, you’ll need a literary agent and to get one, you’ll need...

Further Reading