Ballet of chance. Drifters who nevertheless own the sea—see-through light fixtures trailing their cords, plugged into the space of home. Windows on place, where-they-are pouring through
Debra Marquart
a woman says one morning, paused on the Appalachian Trail after catching me hunched over, prostrate in the duff, worshiping unseen deities beneath a rotting log.
In January of 2024, Ohio became the 23rd state to pass laws banning gender affirming care for minors. When you were very small we reveled
Snow, then night, then snow again: this is the world remaking itself, the world at the end of song, which is to say the sea is
Dr. Tajni slipped upstairs to her hotel room, changed out of a tight black suit into a flowing dark green skirt and top, then exhaled. Breathe.
The man seated opposite me is not the boy I fell in love with. Not anymore. The hands I’ve held are not those that rest in
1. Maybe you watch the episode on repeat, trying to decide how nervous you look. Maybe after twenty or thirty views you deconstruct it like I
Garrett lay prone, anchoring his body to the earth. His thighs, his chest, his elbows, all reached down into the rocky, dull yellow soil like the
1. Summer, Season of the Fox I was coming up the stairs when I realized you would die. It came suddenly. One moment I was
When you’re married, you hear your spouse repeat things. The more original a statement sounds, the more often your spouse will repeat it. Lately Felipe has