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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...

Letting Go: The History of New York City

“Don’t worry about it, New York City makes a lot of people cry,” so says my student, Laura. But still I wonder — why...

Backtalk

In the 1960’s, Alice Kramden was my television hero for standing up to her loser husband on The Honeymooners. “One of these days, Alice,” Ralph...

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...

Backtalk

In the 1960’s, Alice Kramden was my television hero for standing up to her loser husband on The Honeymooners. “One of these days, Alice,” Ralph...

Cups of Kindness

Adam’s mom has dinner ready when Adam and Felicity stagger through the door with the kids at  seven o’clock. It’s an awful time to...

1958

an uncompromisable panic attack laundry list:a boho beatnik tuned-in psilocybin inner-space minibus,a slow-twitch self-adhesive Van Allen Belt,a tandoori comfort food tailgate party noir,the Watson-Crick...

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