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New story: ‘Mugshot’
I’ve got a new short piece up at EntropyMag.org called ‘Mugshot.’ I still try to make words, even though I’m tired all the time. Things are happening. I’ve got a couple things coming together, but while we’re waiting for that to simmer check out the new story I put out by clicking here
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Are You Still Writing?
This has come up a lot lately, especially at AWP, and the answer is: Yes. of course. Am I actively publishing/being published? Not as much, no. But I’m building things back up. This past year has been wild. The last couple. All 33 of them, really. I was a server for 15 years. I couldn’t […]
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ICYMI: interviews, essays, and reviews
Recent interweb appearances: I’ve got an essay up at CLASH about alcohol, bees, and anxiety called “This Super Cool Thing Where Everything Gives Me Anxiety” Also up at CLASH is an installment of an interview series from Gabino Iglesias called Skin Stories where Gabino talks to writers about their tattoos. Here’s mine 🖤 […]
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super surreal
I read at Powell’s City of Books for Smallpressapalooza. I’ve spent so many hours browsing the shelves of Powell’s and now my little pink bummer and I are on one. I got to stand at this awesome fucking podium with my heart thumping out of my chest and share the words I wrote. Never would […]
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zine machine/queen & upcoming performances
Tonight I’m running off more mini zines and practicing for a reading tomorrow (2/27) at the Jade Lounge that is centered around the thing we idealize the shit out of but barely understand: Love. The good, the bad, the morbidly grotesque. We’ll cover it all. Music, stories, poetry and more. I’ll also be reading […]
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ICYMI: Interview @ Volume 1 Brooklyn
“It was important to me to represent the people in this book as authentically as I could. They aren’t just characters, they are people that I love. So more than my revealing them through storytelling, they revealed themselves to me during a time of tragedy. And if I’m going to try to show other people […]
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Two Years
On the two year anniversary of my sobriety I take a long walk and set out on a day devoted to rewarding myself and celebrating this huge thing I did. At lunch I sit facing a window, eating Al Pastor and watching the rain fall. Behind me are two groups of women who take turns […]