The Polish word for “loss” is “utrata”—the “u” an empty vessel on the page, but a full, circular sound gathered at the front of the mouth: utrata as a kind of interior possession, a weight one carries.
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The Polish word for “loss” is “utrata”—the “u” an empty vessel on the page, but a full, circular sound gathered at the front of the mouth: utrata as a kind of interior possession, a weight one carries.
Within just a few months of being in India, a nagging, jester-like voice became my constant companion.
This place was my birthright, and I wasn’t going to keep out because I was nineteen, or because I was queer.
ON THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE First, God created the letters of the Alphabet. Then, using these, He created everything else. MY MOTHER Rather than apologizing for how she […]
Daniel Jones’ Modern Love column at The New York Times and his social media posts about the job (Twitter, Facebook) have granted him online-lit-celebrity status. Every week a new submission is posted […]
You know the tale in which the fair maiden—the nubile, blonde-haired, blue and wide-eyed at-the-world girl—gets locked up by her mother? Or her stepmother? Or some-such version of the Crone, […]
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