in response to a student evaluation for a science fiction class, Fall 2018
Student, it’s true—I prefer... more
Goats and cows’ dreams have little pull yet. Cheese
is still cheese, piston driven milkers likely painful. The future
of... more
I am split nails, stubs of my fingers. I am a mouthful of dental picks,
the disposable kinds that clog up the ocean and sea... more
We ate dinner with our heads down masticated silence Mom slathered hot sauce on everything including Dad’s words and the ones he... more
after Britney Spears
The camera pans—is this... more
Dear Naomi,
Please find enclosed some clippings from the local fishwrapper. I’ve underlined the... more
Amoral Impurity
Picking at ingrown
pubes on the porch swing
in the sun on the first
summery day... more
I vomit discretion, magic tricks, a glass ashtray. I take a break
from vomiting & light a bottle rocket.
I crave the lack of my thousand siblings...
I am lonely and just learning how to say I'm lonely...
"My Favorite Hat," "Blue Hawaii Hat," and "Rust is a Color, the Tech Sergeant Told Me"
"Review of the Eiffel Tower," "Something to Worry About," and "Misery Is a Little Gray Ceramic Pig"
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"Person/a chosen as a best work of experimental literature by Lithub!"
If They Gave Oscars to Books, Our 2017 Nominess
"Women by Chloe Caldwell s a beautiful read/a perfect primer for an explosive lesbian affair/an essential truth." -- Lena Dunham
"I read it a couple of months ago in one can't-put-it-down-even-though-it's-the-middle-of-the-night sitting. It's as intense and interesting and clear-hearted as they come." -- Cheryl Strayed
“Reading these stories makes me wanna smoke weed and drive thru mcds 24/7.”
– Chloe Caldwell, author of Women
