Performers
Dance: On Ballet and Impossible Love
“I am here to learn the language, to learn how it feels in the body to dance.”
Preventing Employee Burnout in New Hires
Hiring an employee costs both time and money that can’t be recouped if the person hired isn’t a good fit. Therefore, it is important that you don’t do anything that will cause an individual to become bored or otherwise burned out only weeks or months after onboarding. What can a company do to reduce the […]
You’ll Never Be Lovelier Than You Are Right Now: On Tennis, Grief, and Social Striving
My ascent matched my mother’s descent.
Playing the Goon
“Basketball, the game I loved, legitimized a transformation I didn’t welcome.”
Minor Gains
“You have to require an effort of your muscles that pushes them to the edges of their power.”
There Is No Violence Here
“It wasn’t fair, that his brute force dominated everything.”
The Surf Cure
Getting diagnosed—and treated—for chronic Lyme disease was an exhausting and endless ordeal. Only one thing helped.
When I Was a Runner
“I never found a replacement for running; I know I never will.”