Four from my "Haiku for a Dog I Don't Know" series are up on Vitamin W! For the full post, see it on Vitamin W. Originally published on June 9, 2014. ---
For the full essay, see it on The Rumpus. Originally published on June 2, 2014. --- 1 Janet Malcolm’s latest book, a collection of her essays on artists and writers, is titled Forty-One False Starts after the opening profile on the artist David Salle.
The Uptown 1 Train Riding the subway people grin at you. You yawn – a bored New Yorker.
116th Street + Broadway Wait, are you a horse? No, just a chest-high Great Dane chasing birds, joyful.
48th Street + 10th Avenue Two patient pup puffs, off-leash, wait for signal. Then – cross street like bullets.
Judith Thurman spoke about writing nonfiction – specifically biography and literary criticism – at Columbia this past Wednesday, and apparently we were very lucky to hear her since, according to sources, she rarely leaves her house. Ms. Thurman said a
On Friday, April 18, 2014, I saw two separate three-legged dogs. 14th Street + University Place Joy in the morning: seeing your gleeful gallop on three limber legs. 10th Street + Broadway "I've got a comrade!" said the wheelchaired man. Using three legs, you jump up.
Sometimes it seems that I have spent most of my MFA in nonfiction listening to professors and students alike rave about Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo. While I have yet to read her acclaimed narrative nonfiction account of
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.