How do I know if I am lonely? If you keep your dorm door open because you made a quilt over break and are actually proud of it and you...

“What we desire travels with us. We must breathe time as fishes breathe water.” Denise Levertov I knew it was a possibility when the...

I live alone in quarantine, so I read, write, and binge-watch pandemic movies about people in quarantine. I watch animal videos on...

Childhood is found matter, light and dark in turn, pointillistic, the way things shade, shine forth, take in, the long breath of those...

Sage walls meet gold hues, Sunlight awakens the sage forest at my window, Sage bridal dresses, my gold filigree, Jade crystals, cracked...

Salty summer afternoons floated into ice cream nights. I was fifteen, and all we wanted to do was get to Long Branch for the Friday Night...

In a letter long ago (when people often wrote letters), Lisa reminded me (the way a good friend will) of what I needed to stay healthy....

One day I'll see you again. And someone will introduce us because they won’t have any proof that you and I know each other. Knew each...

We drove into the sun. We left the city behind because it didn’t love us. We took the phantom road North. Black spruce and the soft...

Anne glided the razor along the length of her leg. Her hand grazed the wet, silky line to detect any missed hairs. It felt strange...

I. A Door Closes Closed. This is what Maryanne mouthed against double-doors lined in steel, her lips nearly kissing the bulletproof...

A woman walks home alone at night One earbud is risky Two, out of the question If I am fat They won’t want to touch me I will be safe,...