July 20, 2017
Interview with Joy Harjo about Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
How did you come to the idea for your book, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, that humans were made from a mistake—in that some have forgotten how to be human […]
July 20, 2017
Eating the World
Parenting literature says that we should read to our newborns from the very beginning. Exposure to music is also supposed to support cognitive development, even in the womb, but I […]
July 19, 2017
“Your Body Includes and Is the Meaning”: Five Hot Lifestyle Tips from Walt Whitman
While being pregnant brought on particular food cravings (doughnuts, the clichéd pickles), having a baby girl out in the world has brought on an unexpected and particular reading craving—Walt Whitman. […]
July 18, 2017
Dispatches from the Literary Life
Because it’s summer and it’s slow, and maybe because it just rained here for three days straight and all I want to do right now is go back to reading Made […]
July 14, 2017
Buckskin Cocaine
Erika Wurth’s lyrical short story collection Buckskin Cocaine, a compendium of voices from the Native American film scene, puts questions of seeing and identity at its center. “Robert Two-Stories,” for […]
July 13, 2017
A Short History of Weird Girls
A few weeks ago, Jill Soloway wrote about being a “weird girl” in Lenny. The piece was more battle cry of a brave soul in the wilderness than your typical […]
July 6, 2017
Lines Through Fog: Poetry and Depression
July 5, 2017
A Writer’s Romance with Screens
When I can’t put my finger on what I’m feeling, I want to Shazam it or press Control+F, and then I realize I’m turning into a machine. In Adrienne Rich’s […]
June 30, 2017
Where I Get My Ideas
From readings, where I scrawl notes in tiny, messy handwriting on the backs of old receipts I’ve dug up from the bottom of my bag. From weddings, especially if something […]
June 26, 2017
What Text and Image Have to Say to Each Other
I have been bewitched by the bringing together of text and image in art for as long as I can remember. A film or photograph can convey something that words […]
June 21, 2017
“There is that in me”: On Selves
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) – Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” To say that I’ve been a “private” blogger […]
June 20, 2017
Strippers and Lost Tampons: In Defense of Women’s “Personal” Writing
A New Yorker article recently declared the death of the personal essay, but I won’t be attending the funeral. The article’s author, Jia Tolentino, identifies personal writing with women and […]