Published in730DC·Nov 27, 2023Q&A: Local Poet Regie Cabico on Lying to Tell the TruthPoet Regie Cabico has had a long and fruitful career in poetry and literature, but is only now publishing his first full book of poems. “A Rabbit in Search of a Rolex and other Hyperboles, Mysteries, Parables & Fantasias” just launched on November 15 from local publisher Day Eight. Cabico…Interview8 min readInterview8 min read
Published in730DC·Oct 3, 2023Q&A: Local Author Len Kruger on Asking Good Bad QuestionsLen Kruger is the winner of this year’s Washington Writers’ Publishing House fiction award for his novel BAD QUESTIONS. This hilarious and heart-rending debut follows a character named Billy reexamining his childhood in Rockville and Silver Spring. In the wake of his father’s death, the guilt-ridden twelve-year-old gets caught up…Fiction9 min readFiction9 min read
Aug 30, 2023How to write climate fiction without being a doomerI’m teaching a workshop on climate change fiction this fall, Monday evenings 7–9pm ET from October 2-November 4. Learn more and sign up here! Six alternatives to the apocalypse I’m tired of reading climate apocalypse narratives. It’s not just that I think they’re unhelpful — which I do — it’s that I think they’re boring…Climate Change11 min readClimate Change11 min read
Apr 23, 2023Member-onlyBloomersI must be part plant, because I bloom in the springtime. The sun returns, the warmth returns, and a fizzy joy-I feel it in my chest. My headaches clear. My back straightens. While everyone around me is sneezing from the pollen, I breathe it in, it gives me life. I…Flowers4 min readFlowers4 min read
Published in730DC·Apr 17, 2023Member-onlyI lost my poemI held my poem in my hand, as a cherry blossom rained its final petals, when the winds came. It was a wind without the storm, a cloud without the rain, and it brought blossoms back up to the sky, as if god wanted to turn back time, as if…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Mar 12, 2023Member-onlyWhat time?My book about time is late at the library. The book is called Timefulness and it’s about the lifecycle of our planet. The beginning. The snowball. The Boring Billion. The grand entrance of the Himalayas, when India escaped Africa and smashed into Asia, creating enough fresh carbon-eating rock to precipitate…5 min read5 min read
Jan 29, 2023Member-onlyA cat scratch, a portalThere’s a photograph of a ceiling hanging on our wall. It was taken at an angle, from below and to the side, in a construction zone, with stairs leading up into an attic with no roof, and a free-floating lightbulb hanging from a cord attached to a pendulous plank of…Fiction6 min readFiction6 min read
May 1, 2022Member-onlyFilthyA fragment of black string floats before my face, drifting down from nowhere. I try to grab it; it floats away. It’s buglike in its movements, avoiding my grasp, so sensitive to the changes in air pressure as my palm moves towards it. …Cleaning3 min readCleaning3 min read
Apr 17, 2022Member-onlyA case for walking in circlesDestinations are overrated. I’ve been busy. Busy working, busy writing, busy traveling. The days at home seem empty but get filled with busyness. I own a business, which is just what happens when busyness turns from “Y?” to “I.” “Why” be busy? Because it’s what “I” do. …Meditation4 min readMeditation4 min read
Mar 22, 2022Member-onlyTen loaves of breadI tried to make five loaves of tomato-basil sourdough. Instead I made ten. The recipe that I quintupled was for two loaves. I ran out of good flour and went to the okay flour. Other than that, I followed the recipe. Except I didn’t have paprika, so used cayenne instead…Journaling5 min readJournaling5 min read