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View fullsize I am the same age now as Jane Kenyon when she died from leukemia. My dog is nearly 18, and in my lap this morning I can feel her heart 47 years deep in my thigh.
View fullsize The parent project to yesterday’s @minorlits essay is a hybrid manuscript underpinned by body photography that spans a quarter century. It dawned on me this year that, all along, I’d been doing what I said I hated—taking selfies and
View fullsize Three years since Nanci Griffith died. Her music has meant so much to me. There’s a version of “Wing and the Wheel” that still wrecks my face. But Nanci’s severe depression, loneliness, reclusiveness, and sense of under-apprec
View fullsize My essay excerpt is new today at @minorlits. Link up there ☝️Part of a larger photo essay & poetics project (querying) peeling at psychological trauma, queer body image, the search for fun, and the embrace of chaos. My larger asks: What if chao
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View fullsize Most recent reporting in Hanover, PA shows the bathroom cutouts now boarded up after outcry from the community. However, the South Western School District main office can be reached at 717-632-2500. The Board President is Matthew Gelazela. This is si
View fullsize Lee Schwartzman, 1981 (age 12) The Penumbra Press
View fullsize Season of transitional garments. Updos for leaves to catch. Our coffee is terrible, I’ll get you an Americano.
View fullsize My friend lives off grid in the northern wilderness. He spins wool and weaves his yarn on a table loom. Drives an hour on Thursdays to send letters. He’s gentle and hasn’t seen the world. I forgot to turn the lights off.
View fullsize It Counts Thinking about this while writing this morning. How a nuanced word, a slight character tic, will entirely change tone and trajectory of a story. Minutia will snowball. When writers say “I just followed the character and the story wro
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View fullsize Catherine Bancroft, 2022 @7kitchens Press I don’t live with an adolescent, but I’ll extract that last stanza.
View fullsize This is goodbye to a penpal friend. For the years of correspondence, especially during pandemic isolation. For encouraging and praising my work. Sandy said of my ode to her: “You live in a little bungalow in my word-woods. I’ll dwell in t
View fullsize Blended & Beyond Volume 7 is out today, with work by Karissa Ho, Burgi Zenhaeusern, and Emily Brisse. Link ⬆️ to @jmwwlitjournal
View fullsize @pink came next, sparkled of course, but @sherylcrow was a force at Dodger Stadium last night. I took one photo.
View fullsize My mom illustrated this logo mockup 19 years ago when I opened a dog walking & house sitting business. I used a different logo then, but loved this image & decided to use it for my writing website bradley-david.com Oh, I sold the business a
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View fullsize James Tate, 1970

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