Route #1 via I-476 South
Time to destination: 25 years, with plenty of stops for gas, food, fear, and shame. 14 if you... more
If I had to take a shit that meant I had to go downstairs. I didn’t have a specific aversion to leaving the attic— I just never felt... more
In my favorite bookstore in a city where I no longer live, there’s a sign for sale that says: when in doubt, turn... more
In the spring of 1989 an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building crossed Earth’s orbit.
It happened at a small party I’d planned at a nightclub in the meatpacking district.
From The Happiest Place On Earth
The door is open, I said, just come in.
Liz and I sit up with a start.
An envelope with my name on it, xoxo.
We met in the pathology suite ––me the medical student––you the corpse.
The first thing I realized was that my legs weren’t broken.
I flipped on the lights, turned up the furnace, and cranked some Stevie Wonder.
And christ it's gonna be hot inside the tiny bar where SUMAC is playing tonight. I should've stayed home. Like I always do. An old man on his couch.
Ours was a world that devised its own sense.
There was still nailpolish on her toes and fingers.
“You’re crafty and wise,” the quiz’s benevolent gods tell me.
Tortellini becomes my password for everything.
It’s Saturday night, and I am cleaning the kitchen because it’s easier than cleaning up my life; I am putting away dishes because I... more
What do you get when you mix and elephant with a rhino?
Elephino.
That joke has always held a special place with me. I first heard it... more
A 400-page collection of poems in fours sections: Nicki Minaj Songs, Bob Dylan Songs, Elliott Smith Songs, and 90s Riot Grrrls Songs.
ON SALE for only $5 through June 15!!
FOUR NEW ESSAYS BY CHLOE CALDWELL! Plus the original essays that made you fall in love with Chloe!
ON SALE for only $5 through June 15!!
Saul Stories is a linked collection that explores the relationships between a forty-year-old female artist, her teenaged daughter, and her daughter's friends. With ferocious realism, the book interrogates how children of differing classes and races are treated in the U.S., and the salacious and skeptical ways the current culture views cross-generational friendships. But most potently—in narratives taking place in Denny's and movie theatres and living rooms and cars—Saul Stories wonders what it means to be a woman and an artist and a mother, all at once.
