It’s easy, apparently, to decide not to die.
It was a summer of firsts. My first summer away from home. My first job that I found on my own. I worked with artists, lived in New York City, and most of all I learned how to live forever. The post...
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"People are funny," I told him. "And nuts." "Thank the gods," he replied. "Otherwise I'd be bored shitless." And that right there tells you everything you need to know about Wes Nations and why he was...
View ArticleHow to be a perfect father in three easy steps
First produce viable semen. It can be through passion or from duty or because you do it in a lab for money or whatever. This is usually the first step. It means nothing. Then, read all the books your...
View ArticleIn my deepest fears, writing makes us die
It is the worst. Anxiety creeps into my day whether I like it or not. It wakes me up in the morning, sucks words out of my head when i write, and leaves me exhausted. Did you ever wonder how a writer...
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It’s easy, apparently, to decide not to die.
And then I got pregnant. That was last September, and between then and now, I’ve had absolutely no desire to travel. We talked all summer long about exploring the mountains around Cordoba, maybe we’d...
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An Ode to Johnny Vagabond
I heard this week that Wes Nations died. Do you know him? He spent four years traveling and wrote fantastic and honest pieces on his blog Johnny Vagabond. Raw is the word I hear most often applied to...
View ArticleHow to be a perfect father in three easy steps
First produce viable semen. It can be through passion or from duty or because you do it in a lab for money or whatever. This is usually the first step. It means nothing. Then, read all the books your...
View ArticleIn my deepest fears, writing makes us die
This has been a tough week. Mainly, because it followed a tough week. I had an article published. Bear with me. I know that sounds strange, but this is a story of anxiety. I published in Bright. A...
View ArticleMr. Mackie’s Classroom: Why South Park Characters Shouldn’t Teach In NYC
In 2010, a school in California banned the dictionary after a student looked up the term oral sex. Funny, right? It would be if this was The Onion, but it’s an all too enlightening example of exactly...
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7 reasons to write in English when it’s not your first language
I often work with people who want to write in English even though it’s not their lengua maternal, and they always ask if it’s a good idea. Their English writing skills aren’t as strong as they’d like...
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