Other Selves
You Mean More to Me Than Any Scientific Truth
A poet wrestles with grief and the multiverse.
Falling in Love With a Balloon Artist Taught Me I Never Wanted to Be “Normal”
My future was uncertain . . . A balloon dinosaur was tangible, even if it withered away in a week.
How Being a Child Elvis Impersonator Helped Me Find My Non-Binary Self
Each performance provided a hit of adrenal love. I lived on it. I survived off of it. Until, that is, that moment in the bathroom when I was thirteen.
What I’ve Learned About Outrage
There’s a lot to be outraged about. But when my anger is visited on people close to me, something needs to change.
Stay Wild, or How to Keep Your Hand
To call these acts wild, to see them as separate parts of consciousness, is to be a tourist in your own city.
How to Live Without Ecstasy Every Day
On chasing ecstasy, finding tenderness, creating art, and experiencing motherhood.
The Old Man Who Fought Boko Haram
“Who was this self-appointed vigilante of this street of ours? Why was he so invalid? No one seemed to have a story about him.”
How a Cabin in the Woods Almost Killed Me
“You tell the real estate guy it’ll be your weekend place. You tell yourself you’re going to get a lot of writing done here.”
