Still I am lonesome: Balancing Possibilities in Yuriko's “A Clearing”
In the waning hours of my life in Orange County, an unfamiliar type of hope arrived to me in the form of a song. Yuriko, a Brooklyn-based...
being loved in fiction
Toni Morrison said that you must write the book you wish existed. There’s no movie that can make me forget how much I want to be loved....
Homecoming
It has been about a month since I returned to my normal life in California — a month since the excitement of first embraces and holidays...
Both Sides Now: Departing Scotland
My time abroad is coming to an end, and I am writing to you from Gate F65 at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The sun is setting...
2017: A Year of Serendipity
In my final moments on the Isle of Skye, I took this photo from inside a bus -- fortunately waking up from a nap in time to look out the...
Paris: Midnights, Mornings, and Afternoons
When I flew into Orly-Sud Airport, it was close to sunset. In almost an annoyingly picturesque way, the sky was locked in a pink sunset....
