I learned while visiting my Gpas nursing home that the gender ratio for single men in their 80s is many women vying for widowers like Custer made his last stand. My Kenyan brothers taught me never to race them again. Nursing Home Rhapsody “How’d you like…!” Floyd paused, trying to remember what he was…
Earlier this year, The Believer Magazine ran an article by Jeannie Vanasco that explored (in the depth that they do) Erasure. The cover of that misterious Janruary issue had been erased (in the way that they would). “To erase” is defined most dramatically as “to remove all traces of.” Erasure as an art form is acheived…
I’m re-reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-reliance,” and hearing it speak to me in new ways as my focus hones in on writing. A lot the essays says is applicable to that profession. Emerson’s second paragraphs begins with the declaration that “There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction…
Today I ventured out of Brooklyn and ran to and through Manhattan. Though two days past, Hurricane Sandy can still be felt at every intersection, where darkened traffic signals yield to police officers directing the flow of cars. I’m not sure if this is because I was new to the city, or because I was…
Hurricane Sandy is hours away from letting people in NYC know if she means business or is going to be like her sister Irene, The New York City No Show. The city today has an ominous feel, with dark clouds catching people’s windily worried gazes. Public transport stops at 9pm, when everyone will be…
I love my family for a number of reasons, even for reasons I used to hate them for. Like when my dad used to show up to my high school basketball games in Zubbas and sandles (in the dead of winter) and proceed to yell much louder than the other parents for me to attack…
Dear Everyone, I’m super jacked to announce to all you alls that my second book of poetry, How We Are Human, was released last week. I’m really happy with how it came together. From setbacks that included lost work from a stolen laptop this past March, to my impactful ability to procrastinate, it feels great…
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Couchsurfing.com is a wonderful service that connects intrepid, open-minded travelers willing to host or be hosted in a new city or foreign country. For budget travelers, it is a godsend that saves them the second biggest expense of traveling: lodging (the first, of course, being your bar tab). But what happens when your host…
