Good Night — by W. S. Merwin Sleep softly my old love my beauty in the dark night is a dream we have as you know as you know night is a dream you know an old love in the dark around you as you go without end as you know in the night where […]
That Placeby — Dunya Mikhail from In Her Feminine Sign (New Directions, 2019) I want that place and you in it as always: how you remember my flower kept in the refrigerator. I want that place and I in it as always:the candy moon we put under our pillows to dream of those who will love us […]
“As long as [people] are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.” –Marcel Proust To everyone celebrating Passover, the holiday that seeks to learn from the experience of […]
“Keep your hands moving. Writing is rewriting.” –August Wilson Two sentences, seven words altogether. Wisdom that applies to other occupations, not just literary ones. Keep going, don’t stop. Read yesterday’s Thought. Thought of the Day (TOD) is selected by Rick Larios, Monday-Friday, minus public holidays and an arbitrarily chosen […]