Josepha MerkinSilicon Valley got a style advisorBomber jackets, too. Overfluffed muscles in underdutied leather, while all the presses ran “Big to Boring,” starting with The…Oct 20, 2018Oct 20, 2018
Josepha MerkinLiteralist of the imaginationDebts cancelled families fleeing fifty soldiers fleeing Greek nouns manipulated by Moses, by perforated padre Pio. Untotalled man…Oct 20, 2018Oct 20, 2018
Josepha MerkinWith slim sable brushes (The Frida Kahlo Museum)Tubes of oil paints taunt the wheelchair, turned prop, foot holds reeking of medical practices now terror flick fodder. Paint caps…Oct 20, 2018Oct 20, 2018
Josepha MerkinThe sea, like a fragrance, its discourse is not its own (a poem)His was a sea not of saltwater but of ravens, scars not yet emplaced, already inescapable. The broken winged, sweat-thirsting flock…Jul 26, 2018Jul 26, 2018
Josepha MerkinPatina of circumstance (a poem)When the pastizal green switched from swatch to hue her doors, it meant impudence. Also, impatience and the cutting off of oxygen to her…Jul 26, 2018Jul 26, 2018
Josepha MerkinQuagmiric catch-phrases and some stuff about my mom1. “Better Yossarian than Rotarian” they said.Jul 19, 2018Jul 19, 2018
Josepha MerkinLanguage was indexical, firstHer brother named his new baby Queen, only it didn’t mean queen to him because he didn’t speak Spanish and wasn’t ever gonna.Jul 19, 2018Jul 19, 2018
Josepha MerkinA Ferguson life (Dow jones 18,313.77)“Did he just say a ‘Ferguson moment’? My friend, if that’s the case, then I live a Ferguson life.” Toussaint Morrison, Minneapolis, 2016Aug 3, 2016Aug 3, 2016
Josepha MerkinReally cool toys (Dow Jones 18,472.17)I had really cool toys as a kid. I can’t complain. Actually I miss them. But I had to leave them all behind. (Nico 41 CDMX)Jul 28, 2016Jul 28, 2016
Josepha MerkinSi pudieras separar lo que eres en varias partes, como lo harias? Toma 2 (Dow Jones 18,570.85)Soy una mujer contradictoria, llena de contradicciones. Con muchos sueños. Con mucho coraje por la vida. Con muchas ganas. Con muchos temas…Jul 25, 2016Jul 25, 2016