This was my first fiction book on my journey to alphabetically read all the books I own. I believe that I came across this book initially in a review on BookRiot, although I couldn’t find the exact one. This book exists in two parallel worlds: the world of Gay America…

I have approximately 300 unread books on my shelves. A little under half of those books are fiction; a little over half are non-fiction. I buy books like potential selves, each a version of myself that would read, and be changed by, the work. Starting on January 1, 2020, I’ve…

Read this book. I have read a lot of books. I have never read a book like this. Chanel Miller is alive on the page. This book will make you come alive. After I finished this book, I wrote for hours. First by the light of a lamp and then…

I wrote the first draft of this poem in my head, as a way to pretend I was staying sane. Eventually the insomnia gave way to exhaustion And most of this poem slipped through the sieve of my brain. …

Watching the new Amazon series, Z: The Beginning of Everything, is like watching a horror film. You just want to scream at the screen: No! Leave! The killer is inside the house! Maybe I’m dramatic. I am, after all, to quote Zelda, “distinctly École Fitzgerald.” Scott once wrote of Zelda…

Life is a lot messier than we pretend it is on the internet. I mean, my living room looks very different than the photos of it on Instagram do. …