Modern Conveniences 2012 - 2014
There were moments when I forgot about the dog
Whining and shivering, like a toddler in its... more
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In human beings, the wink is known to convey one of four emotions:
Sexual... more
POEM ABOUT MY VIBE
my look tonight is Asking For It
a tight vibe is U Can't Have This
I only wanna be in VIP lines &... more
Two teenagers finish the last apple in the house and then wait for something to say.
"I'm thirsty now," one... more
A little nervous after my 70,000th cup of coffee this lifetime
I was wary of forty-three year... more
That’s / when the purple doors open into steamy / bathtub of surprise. That’s when there’s / an impossibly-deep Prince breath & then—
When you said, please / don't look at me like that and he / said you are lovely like flowers / and the only flowers you could think of / smelled like a bad night of drinking.
By living according to core values, we can carry on daily tasks with conviction. Conserve fossil fuels. Avoid the plastic cycle. Too much looking around can lead to paralysis due to the inevitable sense of unfathomable vastness that makes consciousness feel like an infinitesimal quirk.
“An extremely rare Pokémon that may evolve in a number of different ways depending on stimuli.” – Pokémon FireRed
I’m a symbol of an America newly forged and I live with like 1000 other turkeys in a yard Who gives a shit
Opus 53
Place the palms of your hands side by side on this wine glass. After a short time, raise your hands and place... more
- after Directing Herbert White / Writing Ellen West
When James Franco first spoke to me, he said, “Oh, shit. You’re... more
Woodcutter
It started when you dreamed you were dead & I had to go looking in other rooms for your body. Turned on each light... more
Mathematics IIIIIIIIIII
A miracle trapped in a fur coat. A fur coat trapped in its original... more
"I didn't want to ever be outside of this moment. I knew at some point I would look at the picture I'd just taken and feel an overwhelming sense of loss. I thought as long as we could manage to stay inside this particular hotel room, to avoid our phones and every person with whom we'd ever come into contact, we would continue to feel whole. We were revolutionaries, goddamnit. These were our accumulation of beautiful moments. Before the world fractured us. I don't expect you to understand how I became Brad Pitt in that moment, how we all just flew along down the highway. Bandits. Ex-patriots. In love with this countryside, if not this country. Paper Moon. The Last Picture Show. All of this shot in black and white. Only the final scene in color."
FOUR NEW ESSAYS BY CHLOE CALDWELL! Plus the original essays that made you fall in love with Chloe!
Jason Phoebe Rusch is a queer writer from the Chicago suburbs. His full-length debut Dualities explores gender and patriarchy from the perspective of a man who was socialized and is currently still read as a woman. He is interested in complication and nuance and messy human failing, his own and that of others.
