Raymond Carver, “Hummingbird”
Maybe I’m naive, but loving relationships seem like hard work, requiring a combination of thoughtfulness, awareness, and sacrifice not easily obtained, le...
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Maggie Rogers, “Light On”
1 Maybe the scariest thing about abandonment is how comfortable we are with it. 2 I can’t prove it, of course, but “Light On” sounds an awful ...
Notes on Craft: Francis Bacon, “Of Delays”
I want my writing in 2020 to demonstrate far more attentiveness to craft. How do writers create sentences their readers want to quote? How do they give them ima...
Horizon Zero Dawn: “Honor the Fallen”
“We whisper reconciliation, but forget how the old king’s priests sang the words and blessed the killing.” —Mournful Namman, from Horizon Zero...
Rae Armantrout, “Decor”
I like to believe that I think a lot about aging gracefully, but have I put in the effort to actually age well? I’m angry at myself for not reading and wr...