IMAGES AND WORDS

— Mary Ruefle, from “Saga,” in Trances of the Blast

The Devil’s Backbone (2001) dir. Guillermo del Toro

oil on canvas, 19th century

loons

'The Wild Swans' illustrated by Elenore Plaisted Abbott, 1922

the invitation

Benjamin Tammuz, from 'Minotaur', tr. Kim Parfitt & Mildred Budny

Michael Wasson This Dusk In A Mouth Full of Prayer // Ocean Vuong Someday I'll Love Ocean Vuong // Aftersun (2022) dir. Charlotte Wells // Mitski A Burning Hill // Franz Kafka Letter to His Father // Disco Elysium (2019) cr. ZA/UM // Sharon Olds I Wanted to Be There When My Father Died // Daniel Lavery & Cecillia Corrigan FROM THE MAKERS OF "TWO-MOM ENERGY DRINK," IT'S "LET YOUR FATHER DIE" ENERGY DRINK // pinterest // pinterest // @inkskinned Red Blood, Black Ink // Arcade Fire Windowsill

Katherine Angel, Daddy Issues / Ocean Vuong, from "Someday I'll Love Ocean Vuong," Night Sky With Exit Wounds / Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son, c. 1820 / Ethel Cain, "Family Tree (Intro)" / Sylvia Plath, from "Daddy," Ariel / James Baldwin, New York Times interview (1985) / Desireé Dallagiacomo, from "Origin Story," Sink / August Friedrich Schenck, The Orphan, memory of Auvergne, c. 1885 and Anguish, c. 1878 / Gallows Pole (Gallows Tree), folk song / Ethel Cain, "Family Tree (Intro)" and "Sun Bleached Flies" / Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

Eric LaRocca, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. 

Athena Nassar, from "Love Is Not Always Song, but the Swelling"

diana khoi nguyen, “ghost of”