June 15, 2017
How to Be an Artist
“Taxpayers should not be forced to pay for plays, paintings, pageants, and scholarly journals, regardless of the works’ attraction or merit. In the words of Citizens Against Government Waste, “actors, […]
May 10, 2017
On Why Poem Titles Matter (Part 1 of 2)
I. Names Poems are not people. They resist qualitative judgments based on their actions or potential—it doesn’t matter that a poem is musical. So is music. Perhaps this is why […]
March 28, 2017
The Show – Episode 3 of 3
(Continued from The Show – Episode 2 of 3) I remember a moment, the second time I got bed bugs, that I couldn’t stop myself from crying. I was in […]
March 15, 2017
The Show – Episode 2 of 3
(Continued from The Show – Episode 1 of 3) I had a notebook beside my bed where I sometimes wrote (I was beginning to think I should be a poet). […]
March 8, 2017
The Show – Episode 1 of 3
My first serious girlfriend told me once that she wasn’t sure her grandparents would be okay with me. My existence was problematic, that is, relative to their granddaughter. I don’t […]
February 24, 2017
The Game
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster…when you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” – […]