here’s a poem, new york <3
“What is to give light must endure burning.” – Viktor Frankl maybe i’ll feel better tomorrow / isn’t the light burning, new york? / yesterday’s already gone, impressions still linger // how much longer will i pretend: / a women’s reputation is all she has / liked, not loved, is burning // tell … Read more
ENDING MY FIRST YEAR IN GRAD SCHOOL: summer is already on my mind…
So, I have two and a half weeks of school left and I’m almost done with my first semester of graduate school. What can I say about it? So many things. So many things that I’ve neglected blogging, that in a span of a year and a half, I’ve lost the woman I love … Read more
On the writing process
“It may be that writers in my position, exiles or emigrants or expatriates, are haunted by some sense of loss, some urge to reclaim, to look back, even at the risk of being mutated into pillars of salt. But if we do look back, we must also do so in the knowledge–which gives rise to … Read more
To the loves who wear slits like bracelets,
To the loves who wear slits like bracelets, The woman downstairs knocks until death but you can’t open the door just yet. You don a silk kimono he got you from Japantown months ago, on a last minute honeymoon and open yourself, ajar. “We had a terrible fight last night,” you try to explain. She … Read more
Let’s talk about #DjangoUnchained
‘The film’s defenders are quick to point out that “Django” is not about history. But that’s almost like arguing that fiction is not reality—it isn’t, but the entire appeal of the former is its capacity to shed light on how we understand the latter. [...] It seems almost pedantic to point out that slavery was … Read more
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