
Original speculative fiction, essays on health politics and institutional power, and poetry about care, memory, and resistance.
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Welcome to another edition of The Word as Lens, where a single word becomes a doorway into many different worlds.
This week, our writers began with Aperture, a word defined by opening. In photography, an aperture dete...
Adulthood has its own apprenticeship.
We learn to temper expectation,
placing contingencies around desire,
calling hope possibility
until the word carries less consequence.
We become fluent in per...
There are chambers in the heart
where radiance enters differently,
where tenderness once carried
leaves a slender aperture
between who we were
and who we are still discovering.
I used to believe th...
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Morning had climbed above the Blue Ridge Mountains by the time Sorrel returned to Spiral Hall, where su...
Somewhere beyond the measured road,
the earth gives way to distance,
and all that has been gathered
must become enough.
Years have left their imprint
within the marrow,
crossings offering wisdom,
labor shapin...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I write poetry, creative nonfiction, leadership essays, and speculative fiction exploring institutions, consent, memory, and what it costs to remain human. I’m currently writing a memoir and a speculative fiction novel.
I am a 57-year-old retired English teacher with a wonderful wife and three amazing children.
Published Poet, Caregiver, Bray Bray’s Dad, Xennial, Music Fan, Pickleballer, Substack Community-Builder… Open to collaborating!
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