47th Street + 10th Avenue White puff with grey spots one under your nose just like your human's mustache.
18th Street + 6th Avenue Browsing T.J. Maxx wearing a red sweater, you small fashionista.
Before I was a nonfiction writer in Columbia’s Graduate Writing Program, I was a student of Russian Language and Literature at Wellesley College. I started taking Russian 101 the fall of my first-year – sick of the Latin I could
45th Street + 10th Avenue (greyhound) 11th Street + University Place (black lab) How chic! Argyle – greyhound in green, lab in pink – canine Bill Cosbys.
43rd Street + 10th Avenue Excited white pup pawing at the door to get in the liquor store.
54th Street + 9th Avenue Scottie bundled up in New York Giants hoodie, wanted to say hi.
For the full essay, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on February 27, 2014. --- I met the other Elizabeth Bartels at a family reunion in New Jersey when I was in middle school. I had long been used to sharing my
4th Avenue + 10th Street So matchy-matchy! Two hotdogs wrapped in red coats waddling low down.
14th Street + University Place You were in a purse. I smiled, but you missed it – busy being tall.
For the full essay, see it on Vitamin W. Originally published on February 14, 2014. --- I went to MoMA PS1 the other day because I felt guilty. I have been living in New York for the better part of two years now