def. Autoportrait: 1. a likeness of a person, esp. of the face, as a painting, drawing, sculpture, or photograph… Earlier this year I purchased Tonight I’m Someone Else – Hodson’s collection of (mostly) braided personal essays. Her work struck me as something so original – but I couldn’t put my finger on how. Did it […]
MoreMy review of Jessica Wilbanks’ memoir When I Spoke in Tongues: A Story of Faith and its Loss is up at Angel City Review: http://angelcityreview.com/when-i-spoke-in-tongues/
MoreA favorite poem that I can’t stop re-reading by a new favorite poet. “Desunt Nonnula” by Kaveh Akbar. (copied and pasted from Bennington Review) If you haven’t read Calling A Wolf A Wolf… Do yourself a favor and read it! Desunt Nonnula means “some things are lacking.” It was the last line in a “continuous” poem […]
MoreLove this new poem on Panoply Zine by Stephanie L. Harper! via In Praise of Reason - Stephanie L. Harper
Reading old journals this morning in search of clarity…finding something else. It’s like reading a ghost of myself. In April 2017 I took a personal essay class and we wrote 6-word memoirs as an exercise and shared them aloud. I think I chose to share #4 – which takes the cake. The memoirs below; successful […]
MoreI am a sucker for the “best of” lists that come out in December each year. I read the best album and/or track lists as well, but the book lists get me SO AMPED for what I’ll try to read in the coming year. NPR’s list gets delivered to my inbox. So that’s convenient. I […]
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