Memoir

Rulo

I knew we were only going to Rulo to make up for his getting so drunk he slept in. Rulo was an apology.

Water or Sky?

This wasn't the first time I had become obsessed with drowning.

Leaving the House

Sometimes I think I can identify men who have daughters. 

Mommy Queerest

Mom wasn’t interested in being the type of mother—or wife—who put her own life on the back burner

Entering the House

Prepared for every situation, even pandemic, mothers should be the ones on TV when our nation is under attack by terrorists or viruses.

Epcot World Showcase

Every sixteen minutes the couple in the film gets married. Every sixteen minutes they kiss like they wish they could take it back.

Dayspring

And the Word became flesh: coarse hair, crooked smile, the taste of salt on his clavicle. I am the disciple whom he loved.

Toward My Own Definition of Disability

Growing up, I resisted identifying as disabled. Now, I’m seeking to better understand the label and the community behind it.

Four Bloody Fingers

The figure of the witch looms conspicuously large in Catalan—in the gardens, on the roof, in the heart of the mountain.

My Grandmother's Survival

Like so many German Jews, my Nana's family was late to leave the country when Hitler came to power. They thought antisemitism was a relic of the past.