Numb Psalm
Numb Psalm
If you are
love, then
bend her hand
around our
doorknob again.
Or, descend upon me
in a pillow-shaped cloud:
smother my useless breath.
Mop the rotten
wine I am spilled
The Stories of Others
In the 1960s, child psychologist Robert Coles treated Ruby Bridges, a
six-year-old black girl integrating a white elementary school in New Orleans.
Coles would hate my use of the word “treated.” Rather, he
The Crime of the Spoiler
Authorized Personnel Only: You must know the endings to Lord of the Flies and Of
Mice and Men to read beyond this sentence.
As a teacher I am fairly patient with students’ misbehavior.
Deep Waters: A Review of Diane Setterfield’s Once Upon a River
Diane Setterfield’s atmospheric and entirely-charming new novel, Once Upon a
River, released this week by Emily Bestler Books, takes place in the mid-19th
century, an age suspended between Darwin and divination. The