I have never been one for January 1st resolutions beyond a vague "do better, do more." This is probably due to being critical of myself nearly every day of the year. Why would I need to formalize that and attach expectations to it?? I'd rather avoid the whole exercise! But that way of thinking is …
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Michele Filgate at Portsmouth Public Library
I had a wonderful time last night hearing Michele Filgate in conversation with Liberty Hardy about Michele's new anthology What My Mother And I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence, one of the most highly-anticipated books out this spring. The anthology includes work by Alexander Chee, Carmen Maria Machado, Melissa Febos, Kiese Laymon, …
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Gearing back up
Hey, there. It's been a tumultuous couple of weeks. My parents have been struggling with health issues, my mom especially. I've just returned from PA after helping out there and I'm so grateful to my employer for the chance to be there with my family. While it's hard to be so far away, things have …
Today’s the day…
... I finish a proposal for my memoir. It's the last day of 2018, and I will not ring in 2019 until a draft of this proposal is done. I'm close, so it IS going to happen. Came across this poem as I sat at my desk, and I'm feeling it. I've been diving into …
“What A Bullet Can Do”
Here it is: "What A Bullet Can Do," another essay about an unintentional shooting from my childhood, in which I write about various works of literature that helped me, as an adult, to process the shooting and its aftermath. Along the way, readers learn more about what happened and the particular ways in which this …
