December 11, 2024
new words {press} has started posting reactions by trans and gender diverse writers and artists to the recent election and the incoming GOP assault in a new initiative, the citizen trans project. My own modest contribution, AMABFU, went live today.
November 22, 2024
My essay "On Meds" has been published by the Texas-based journal Porter House Review (take that, Greg Abbott!)!
November 22, 2024
I started reading Gaza-born poet Mosab Abu Toha's first book, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, last night. It has some striking things in it. The long lead-off poem, "Palestine A-Z," is wonderful. This shorter piece also struck me:
ON A STARLESS NIGHT
On a starless night,
I toss and turn.
The earth shakes, and
I fall out of bed.
I look out my window. The house
next door no longer
stands. It's lying like an old carpet
on the floor of the earth,
trampled by missiles, fat slippers
flying off legless feet.
I never knew my neighbors still had that small TV,
that the old painting still hung on their walls,
that their cat had kittens.
October 27, 2024
I just found out (was reminded) that today is the sixth anniversary of the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh. I remember the day well: it was a beautiful sunny fall day, much like today was. I worked that day, but went to Squirrel Hill for the vigil that night. When hate comes to your city.
