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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. On the drive to Chicago by myself, I encountered something I wanted to write down, but never did. The only image I can…

Nov 26, 2022 •

June 2022

In late April or early May of 2021, Henry and I decided we were vaccinated long enough that we could take the blue line downtown. We wanted to g…

Jun 14, 2022 •

April 2022

moving through air

I’m lying down on the rough black rug in my room. On my back, I feel every tough piece of dirt and lint that the rug hides. This rug was here when i got…

Apr 11, 2022 •

January 2022

* Remembering the image in my head ~ the memory ~ before I write it down is a sacred form of writing before the writing exists. A beckoning to relive…

Jan 7, 2022 •

October 2021

brutal building

i now go to work sometimes and i work in the lower level of a community college library built in the 1960s, on the same site as an old amusement park…

Oct 24, 2021 •

September 2021

solitary covering

so strange how my human body has a timer. at a certain week every month, as if something has clicked into place, i am suddenly pulled with anxiety and…

Sep 15, 2021 •

August 2021

artificial meaning

I haven’t been camping in years, but recently i went with H and S. It was a hardcore missouri outing: we swam at johnson’s shut-ins, then camped at tom…

Aug 19, 2021 •

July 2021

as we drove away from logan square on july 3rd, i was licking an ice cream cone that my friend n gave me on her last shift at the corporate ice cream…

Jul 20, 2021 •

June 2021

i’m always tempted to measure grief in the amount i have cried, but i know that’s not true. but it’s the most documentable sensation of grief i can…

Jun 25, 2021 •

parade / catharsis

i wish i could remember the moment when i realized i wanted to write about “the old synagogue” — but it must’ve been about a year ago. “the old…

Jun 14, 2021 •

through my window

I’m sitting in my apartment alone and it’s june 2. There’s this spicy taste in my mouth because i just ate a bunch of chips with the little salsa cup…

Jun 2, 2021 •

May 2021

i want to go home

tonite, as bombs and airstrikes go off in gaza, i am thinking about home. who gets the privilege to decide where they live? historically, jewish people…

May 14, 2021 •

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