
Poems and essays written to survive, to witness, and to name what others look away from—sometimes in the noble pursuit of not imploding, or dissolving into pillow screams and prolonged negotiations with the void.
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The Awakening Conscience, William Holman Hunt, 1853
New York City is not an easy place to live, but it gives away one thing for free: conversation with strangers, and every so often one of them says something you carry home. My dog, Jet, n...
Behind the Poem: How Does This End?
The Intrigue, James Ensor, in 1890
The Intrigue, James Ensor, in 1890
The rat carves up the roast.
Dry mouths propose a toast.
Manners hold the door wide.
Guards aim the lens inside.
Butchers charge for thumbs on scales.
Supper shrinks to bitten nails.
Chewin...
Autumn--On the Hudson River, Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1860
Why does dying flatter trees?
Lungs reopen by degrees.
Air smells of an apple’s first bite.
Maples are done being polite.
Yellow hid all summer. Green clocks out.
Oaks...
Since October 7, many of you have sent poems and essays to a book whose title was still undecided, and readers have shared the call widely. Tonight, for the first time, I’m sharing that title in full:
THE TRUMP TOLL
Poems, Essays, and Ar...
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Live in NYC. I write poems and essays to make sense of the world, hold onto my humanity, and maybe add a little harmony where there’s too much noise.
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