Dorothy Hom

An MFA candidate at Stony Brook University, she is featured in The Southampton Review, Edible East End, Hippocampus, Eastlit and Lumen, and herds cats by day.

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Dorothy Hom

Aug 13, 2017 · 4 min read

Maybe Voltaire was Wrong

Yesterday I felt nauseous. The news of a death from the clash between White Nationalists and counter-protesters in…

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Dorothy Hom

Sep 26, 2016 · 6 min read

A Woman’s Point of View (vs. that of a Man’s)

Eyes closed, body at rest, I inhaled thinking, “here” and exhaled thinking…

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Dorothy Hom

Mar 3, 2016 · 5 min read

Now I Understand How Germany Created Hitler

After months of avoiding the astonishing, unimaginable train-wreck that is the…

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Dorothy Hom

Dec 31, 2015 · 14 min read

A Block Party in Burma

Drawn by a squalling loudspeaker, scurrying children, and the colorful array of suspended lights parading down the alleyway, we peered into the narrow Yangon street.

“Does that mean he’s giving a speech?” Michael pointed to the life-size poster plastered on a…

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Dorothy Hom

Jun 22, 2015 · 10 min read

James Salter — An Appreciation

Roused by the 5am hotel wake-up call, readying to fly home to New York, my husband calls out from the…