Tree in the woods.

 What were someone to check this? 

least favorite words

self-care
fingering (as in, 'she fingered through the cds')

What I Should've Said To My Students

My response to the U.S. presidential election, in Vice:

Dear Students: A Letter From Your Muslim American Teacher

They talk about the perils of writers dating, but what about writers being friends? Seems even more dangerous and painful sometimes. 

writing + a little lonely (but the old british man arrived) + listening to this

drumming song

old self

back to writing, back to delusions-of-grandeur-inducing techno

artists dating artists is tricky business

I have a piece in the Fall issue of the Iowa Review. If you're near a newsstand, check it out!

heart tricky and important organ

i deplore surprises of any and all kinds

it is a gloomy new york monday and the office is so silent that when i accidentally requested siri i was so ashamed by the beep

Today's Special

The object will recede, so long as subject refrains from contacting, responding, indulging said object. Otherwise object will loom large, wielding unasked-for power and authority.

sneak

In an open plan office you can't do much

art cannot feed itself.

I am in NYC. It is hot, and sweaty, and greasy. The subway is uncomfortable and squished. Yet for once in months I did not nap.

i listen to soul

things friends say

'that's because of your floating woman need'

The call is coming from inside the house.

I have a tremenedous ability to break my own heart.

i loved that she rode shotgun the whole way, without even questioning whether anyone else might want to.

e-f

to get some reciprocity

il est ennuyeux d'aimer quelq'un qui ne t'aime pas.