This essay was almost accepted but finally turned down by the Vox personal essays section on the Metropolis magazine, for being a story from the distant past. I seem to be doing a lot of reminiscing these days: Few memories really stand out in my mind from before the age of eight. This one, however,Continue reading “The Accident”
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Life Doesn’t Come with Subtitles
Middlebury College, Vermont — in the summer it becomes a campus for the ten language immersion schools 7/2/2010 I’m breaking the rules writing in English. This “No English” rule is pretty effective — I’m even dreaming about having to say things in Spanish. Classes are mentally invigorating yet physically tiring. I went to bed yesterdayContinue reading “Life Doesn’t Come with Subtitles”
After-school hours
Through the barred window,the wilted flags unsure of whichway to lean. Weeks so volatile,not knowing sometimeswhere reason is kept, the border of concrete of things:Everyday art is an interpretationof gestures, lines, appetites. These days somebody elselives in you.
mabel lee 