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Publishing announcement: I’ll be in the Listen to Your Mother book out next year!

I am so excited and happy to announce that my essay “Shy” will be part of a book published by Putnam Adult with around 50 or so essays from the performance project Listen to Your Mother. It’s available for preorder now if you wanna (in hardback only, so far — not sure about the ebookContinue reading “Publishing announcement: I’ll be in the Listen to Your Mother book out next year!”

Powderhorn in August

On our cozy porch, sipping port given to me by a dear friend, listening to the crickets while the youngest hunts for tiny toads in the drizzly gloaming and the eldest hunches upstairs over his Magic cards: sorting, categorizing. It is past their bedtime, but summer’s end is too close at hand for us toContinue reading “Powderhorn in August”

Duty Calls

Misha sighted down his weapon at the Elopus rising from the channel. As always, he was utterly arrested by the beauty and majesty of it. Water streamed from its tusks; tentacles churned the water beneath it. But he didn’t have much time. Regretfully, he pulled the trigger. Silver shot toward the Elopus, enveloping it. AContinue reading “Duty Calls”

An example: a post criticizing Israel that is not Anti-Semitic

My friend Rachel has written this amazing, wrenching piece that is beautiful, hard to read, kind, damning, and does not put down the Jewish people. If you are looking for great examples. While the world seems to be split between supporting the Palestinians and supporting the Israelis, my heart is broken into a million piecesContinue reading “An example: a post criticizing Israel that is not Anti-Semitic”

If you don’t want to be accused of anti-Semitism, don’t say anti-Semitic shit

You guys, when you say things like “How is it that any criticism of Israel is labeled as anti-Semitic,” please think about how you like it when men say “How is it that anything I say about women they get angry” or when white people say “why are black people so touchy about everything IContinue reading “If you don’t want to be accused of anti-Semitism, don’t say anti-Semitic shit”

We are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart

“Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.” ― Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three It’s the 50th anniversary of The Book of Three! Taran isContinue reading “We are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart”

You should read CALIFORNIA BONES

It took me a while to read Greg van Eekhout’s California Bones. He is a friend of mine, I was very motivated to read it; it is beautifully written and quite gripping. I found my putting-it-down-picking-it-up behavior rather puzzling. But now that it’s done, I see can why: yes, the book is a wonderful heist/magicalContinue reading “You should read CALIFORNIA BONES”

Dear Authors an Open Letter to Writers

SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS.

Dedications

My friend Shannon Barber has dedicated a poem to me. I find it incredibly touching. It is also deeply personal and powerful, as she and I both have in many ways gone through fire. It’s hard to describe how exactly it feels. I’ve had books dedicated to me, which was wonderful and touching and IContinue reading “Dedications”

GUEST POST: I went to Gordon College and My Roommate was Gay

Note: I agree to host this blog post for a friend who is an alumni of Gordon College and who wants to speak out on this issue without outing her old roommate — which would happen if she posted under her own name. My alma mater has been making a lot of headlines lately, andContinue reading “GUEST POST: I went to Gordon College and My Roommate was Gay”