I Am a Writer Because of Mary Oliver
:: She forced me to reckon with every word I put down on the page. I didn’t understand what words were until that writing workshop. I was nineteen years old.
Medical Tests, Family History, and Toxic Men
:: Family history can mean a lot more than what you write on your medical forms.
A Story and a Poem: Dora Maar and Bipolar Disorder
:: A bipolar diagnosis can create a new kind of loneliness.
Poem: Shower
:: “I love teaching poets. They never waste words.”
Poem: Leolyn’s Diary
:: I always wanted to live hard, and that I have done so my grey hairs will attest.
Poem: Hunted
:: Today’s poem is brought to you by my younger self who was already wildly disillusioned with men, and by Sir Thomas Wyatt.
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