Poetry |
“A Georgic for Sally and Darla”
Fiction |
“June 19, 2865”
“Air-crafts peppered the sky with a clear mandate: showcase the moment enslaved Americans learned of their freedom …”
Essay |
on Poems Not Written / a recurring feature On The Seawall
“I don’t feel that we get to choose the emphasis of the book that we are writing. But we can choose the thematic thrust when it begins to shape itself.”
Fiction |
“Capital”
“It is true that, for a time, the Wikipedia page for Noble County, Indiana claimed that it was the meth capital of the world, but, says the county’s Chief Information Technology Officer, Fortunately, it’s easy to correct such mistakes …”
Poetry |
“Washing the Corpse”
Poetry |
“Monday”
Essay |
on Poems Not Written / a recurring feature On The Seawall
“… the poems I have not written come from a deep fatigue or suspicion in the poetic endeavor, and the poetic, speaking body as reduced or annihilated to dust or ash …”
Poetry |
“Prayers from a Dark Room”
Poetry |
“The Next Day” and “Really”
Poetry |
“Death Call”
Poetry |
“Moss”
Essay |
“December”
“Books don’t prepare you for what’s coming. Manuals for pregnant women must have been written by mothers completely drugged by love for their children, without the slightest pinch of critical distance.”
Essay |
“With This Needle I Thee Mend: The Oldest Tool Still Used”
“Hanging by a thread, we have kept our secret weapons, our needles, and brought them along for millennia.”