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Indigo
poetry

Indigo

Posted on: August 10, 2022January 30, 2024

Indigo’s eyes, they shine, but earlier, I was told that mine were dark — asked, even, did you sleep well last night darlin?

Sad, Sad Girl
poetry

Sad, Sad Girl

Posted on: April 17, 2022October 3, 2023

And it’s time to move on, time to let time move me, to fall back into it, gracefully

Scientifically, I Shouldn’t Be Here
Features

Scientifically, I Shouldn’t Be Here

Posted on: March 20, 2022March 20, 2022

She’s got the perfect angular jawline and high cheekbones to rock a shaved head, though she didn’t ask for this cut. A man in a Cadillac Escalade made that decision for her.

A Bumbling Fool and a Man with a Wife
poetry

A Bumbling Fool and a Man with a Wife

Posted on: December 20, 2021June 18, 2024

Sitting alone in this brown wooden chair with the beige upholstery, the one that connie purchased for me.

so far from enlightenment, so close to bliss
poetry

so far from enlightenment, so close to bliss

Posted on: October 31, 2021August 4, 2023

Feeling frustrated, over stimulated, like too many thoughts and obsessions and fantasies and perceptions of myself and what I want to be and what people think of me […]

Gratitude blossoms at Vesuvio
poetry

Gratitude blossoms at Vesuvio

Posted on: September 26, 2021March 19, 2023

I spend money like I actually have any

Frontwoman of Bedroom Punk Band, JULIE, on Growing Up in Music and Their First EP
Features

Frontwoman of Bedroom Punk Band, JULIE, on Growing Up in Music and Their First EP

Posted on: June 24, 2020December 7, 2022

The frontwoman of Portland’s own bedroom punk band, JULIE, on her youth in music, how JULIE came to be, and the release of their first EP.

American Electronic Music Owes It All to People of Color
Essays / Voices From the Underground

American Electronic Music Owes It All to People of Color

Posted on: June 16, 2020December 7, 2022

An examination of the profound role of POC communities in American music and electronic music, specifically, through the lens of the Black Lives Matter movement and the tragic death of George Floyd.

Youth in Grácia
poetry

Youth in Grácia

Posted on: March 28, 2020May 5, 2020

Comienza y termino con vino en Gracia

when I was writing in a cafe in Prague
poetry

when I was writing in a cafe in Prague

Posted on: March 21, 2020May 9, 2020

Is it possible, to be all that I wish to be,
to live out the stories I tell in mind

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