larissa pham

I had a reading scheduled for tonight.

My day job is in trauma and anti-violence, so I’m always keeping tabs on what happens to who and where and when and how, and if hate is involved, which it often is. Since starting to work in advocacy, I’ve thought a lot about who I am and when I should speak…

2015: A Year in Review

At some point over the summer while I was putting an event into the calendar on my phone, I realized that the way Apple does it, an entire year can shrink into the palm of your hand — all twelve months lined up next to each other like dominos.

Ghosts

What happens when by the time you publish an essay it’s a part of you you can no longer access?