Brain and guts

He could tell by the way the fireman stumbled that it was going to be bad. The car, a 98 Accord the color of storm clouds, rested on it’s roof. Continue reading →

Thief leads cops in mole hunt

What started as a routine arrest turned into a five-hour long manhunt in the tunnels of a New York City subway station, when a handcuffed prisoner escaped from his NYPD Continue reading →

Kafka’s Spider

Fireflies the size of men were going off on the alley walls. They looked like radioactive bulbs the way they lit up the air around in a dizzying array of Continue reading →

Behind Mali's conflict: myths, realities & unknowns

Reblogged from Bridges from Bamako: Since the French military intervention in Mali, known as Operation Serval, began last week, the internet has been buzzing with talk about its motives. Is Continue reading →

Reading Proust

Once I had this professor who spoke with words picked from the rarest parts of the dictionary. He used words like “effuse” and “ineffable” in much the same way I Continue reading →

I am the patron saint of self-destruction

I am the patron saint of self-destruction, tears and recrimination are offerings sent up in prayers of “loves me” and “loves me nots” I am the fiend that balances above Continue reading →

All strings attached

Philippe Genty (puppeteer) Taken from Paul Daniels Magic Show Really brilliant scene by magician / master puppeteer, Paul Daniels’ show, in which a puppet realizes that it’s a puppet. The Continue reading →

I am always hungy

I am always hungry— this, when asked toexplain the bars, the letters,and nights spent away I will wait for you— this, because I couldn’t imagine anything else I’m not the one who left— because it’s been Continue reading →

Cave Canem

I had the opportunity to read two poems last Wednesday, and what an amazing experience it was. Hosted by the Cave Canem Poetry Foundation, the reading happened as part of Continue reading →

NaNoWriMo is over…

…and I still have so many thousands of words to go before I finish. It became harder to hit the daily word count as I went along, primarily because I Continue reading →