Raft

I went somewhere I could see the sky, they talk about sky in Montana, I have been there, we have as much. Sky. The stairs up, up two stories, metal stairs, open, a little scary, and the High Line once I’m up there makes me a little agoraphobic. It makes the city zoom up around […]

The Real Criminals

I was sitting on the train looking out the open doors to the platform, the doors were open, a woman took out a book without looking at it, a yellow paperback, and she held it up, upside-down, then she looked down, and she turned it around. The class I was in was about resurrection, and […]

Somewhat

“They called you madame, did you care?” “No,” I said, ” But I am mademoiselle.” I forget that when I am with a man, people may think I am his. One year and seven months and two weeks in New York, of three years. There is no 3 train, there is 4 train, but then […]

7+4+5, or, Happy Purim.

Yes, it’s snowing copiously in New York City. Yes, it is March. Yes, it is Purim, and I wore no costume, consumed no sugar cookies, did not play Purim BINGO (P, Haman’s horse; U, Grager). Did I tell truth to power? Nah. Still, I had a great day. Anecdote: Yesterday one of my students hosted […]