A chapter from my novella “moon in speed”

Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, from “And What Good Will Your Vanity Be When The Rapture Comes”

jorge luis borges, addressing a large audience in the butler library at columbia university, said, ‘a crowd is an illusion. no such thing exists. i am talking to you personally.’

Iain Thomas, The Light That Shines When Things End

James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room / Bill Hader, on IT: Chapter Two

New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle" / Old 97's, "Colour of a Lonely Heart is Blue" / Mitski, "Blue Light / Joni Mitchell, "Blue" / Hozier, "Better Love" / Joni Mitchell, "Blue"

Mika, "Blue"

— Elisa Gabbert, from "Yes & No," Normal Distance

— Adrienne Rich, from “Integrity.”

It's never-ending. The grief is never-ending. The love is never-ending. Like, Oh. That's the nature of love.

— Anaïs Nin, The Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947

lately I’ve been Overcome With Emotion

— Maya C. Popa, from "Wound Is the Origin of Wonder," Wound Is the Origin of Wonder

The Sorrow Festival, Erin Slaughter