“Hey. Look at me, man. How about we try living?” – Maya Williams, “Paul’s Response to His Jailer’s Attempted Suicide” My family’s already been to the beach twice—three times, if […]
Notes On Performing as “Tour” Kicks Off
“He got up before dawn…looked down at the water. He would have welcomed an instant of wisdom. However, none arrived. The water kept its own counsel.” – Lydia Millet, ‘Dinosaurs’ […]
Friday Links: Basketball, Queer Love, and Antifascism Edition
“Shooting around in the dark under the garage light…I always felt an intoxicating selfishness in knowing that I might wake the neighbors, but oh well, the ball was calling to […]
‘Sinners’ Is Twice As Good
“You come to me for advice, but you can’t cope with anything you don’t recognize…have to tell you something you already know but make it sound like news…” – Douglas […]
The Lazy & Entitled Reading Series Is Here
“I still clutch the sacred / scribbled long after the pages // wash out, little holes marring / the words. I look for the sun” – Bob Sykora, “Self Portrait […]
Friday Links: Sci-Fi That Isn’t White Cis Men Edition
“‘Stay strong,’ people from your past say, gripping me by the shoulder while trying to avoid eye contact with my shadow. But I don’t want to be strong, I want […]
Three Fun Ways To Mess Up Chord Progressions
“A basketball game was, and always will be, part playing the game before us and part making sure we have someone to bear witness.” – Mac Crane, ‘A Sharp Endless […]
Friday Links: Do You Know Anything About San Francisco? Edition
“We were wrong, of course, but…when you’re in love and fearing for your life, you accept any scaffolding upon which you can hang your fragile, contingent future.” – Jay Caspian […]
Storytelling In Instrumental Music
“Prometheus was trying / to invent the guitar solo. / Fire was his first draft.” – Amorak Huey, “Seven Stories About Fire” Maybe this is an increasingly impossible experience in […]
Friday Links: Watch Out For Foxes and Robots Edition
“Long ago, someone told me that I really shouldn’t get attached to humans. Nothing good comes of it since they detest our kind and kill us when they can. Yet […]