Are you dying? I asked the bird
on the sidewalk. No, he said,
I forgot where the wind is. But
are you dying? I asked as the
bright kernel of his eye dimmed.
Growing up my heroes were martial. Flying aces, squadron commanders, generals,
fighter pilots. Sergeant York, General Patton, Ulysses S. Grant, Hannibal of
Carthage, Sun Tzu. The ones I dreamed about most flew planes,
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the “feminist Iranian vampire-Western,” by
award winning, first-time feature director, Ana Lily Amirpour is a riveting
clash of stereotypes and genres.
A Girl Walks Home Alone
Most successful authors have a blog or landing page to promote their work, keep
fans updated, and share recent musings. Donald Miller, the Christian author who
became the unlikely poster child of millennial
I’m a pile of bones,
clattering, too loud for a jaunt through the desert.
Fold me up, a wooden marionette,
put me in the chest with the other
old toys and scrapbooks.