Turning to Poetry for Hope during the Pandemic and the Uprising I am not one to shy away from talking about the limits of poetry. Poetry is many things,…
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Image Credit: “Self-Portrait” by Egon Schiele (1911) After twenty minutes on the phone with Andrew, our friend in L.A., who had just asked “so what’s on your mind lately,”…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayMy Grandfather Survived the 1918 Pandemic, Only To Be Bitten by the African Tse-Tse Fly
“Don’t move.” From the passenger seat behind me, Bryan grabbed my headrest and pulled himself up. “That is one big bug,” he said with excess enthusiasm. “Where?” I whispered. “On top…