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When I was a child, we used to go to Ocean City, Maryland every summer. We used to drive in our old car, my brother and me in the back seat playing some game — usually “Infinite Questions,” which I … Continue reading →

Sometimes I get mad at myself for wasting time. I have wasted time in the most ridiculous ways. I’ve watched YouTube videos on the history of ballet pointe shoes. I’ve watched Saturday Night Live skits about bridesmaids, and motivational speakers … Continue reading →

There is a scene I have always liked in movies. It is when a priest administers absolution. He makes a particular gesture that means “I absolve you of your guilt, your sin, your transgression. You are forgiven. Go and do … Continue reading →

I was thinking about what is hardest to write, and I ranked the various things I write from easiest to hardest: essays, stories, poems. In terms of word count, poems are definitely the hardest and most time-consuming. Yesterday, I spent … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, there were stores. From my apartment in Boston, I could walk to two grocery stores. Granted, they were a Whole Foods and a Trader Joe’s, so it felt like living in a posher, more expensive area … Continue reading →

In the last few months, I’ve written three stories. Two were stories I was asked to write. One is a retelling of “Sleeping Beauty” from the ogress’s perspective. (You don’t remember an ogress in “Sleeping Beauty”? Read the Charles Perrault … Continue reading →

I think life is a process of collecting scars. Mine are inconsequential, all things considered. The oldest ones are the marks from immunizations: smallpox on one arm, tuberculosis on the other. If you were born in the United States, you … Continue reading →