the city is a living, breathing creature: the vendor in his miniscule hutch, hawking his wares to the world near the corner of st. marks and third avenue, a stereo blasting a variety of hip-hop, soul, reggae, and r&b, cheerfully greeting passers-by even in the … Read More →
i’ll be at work, but my boss will have the tv on. essentially a less-than-usually-productive day. i’ll be celebrating. will you?
one thing about having siblings with children: they have children. and those children–they infect you. a wee germ on a wee, lispy bit means practically nothing. the wee, lispy bit will still run around as if a fever was a mosquito to be swatted away, … Read More →
a lot of things happened this year. i quit the job i had for the past three years and eight months, then spent the first two months of 2008 unemployed. i was lucky to have enough to live on and still pay my bills on … Read More →
i’ve been here in the united states for twenty-four years. when i left home—the home of my early childhood, of days playing with my cousins next door and being scolded by my aunts and chased constantly by mosquitos, my roots so deep it stretched from … Read More →
homesick
i like to think that home is new york. my immediate family is peppered along the eastern seaboard, all within a few hours’ drive from each other, just close enough not to be a constant pain in the ass. and new york is where i … Read More →