W-A-T-H

For a six-year-old who can’t spell, there are few things as frightening as an English exam in a Singaporean primary school: a classroom silent…

Strawberries and a field of orchids

A short story about choices

In which I arrive, and promptly want to leave.

[an excerpt from a dream I had last night]

Ta mère est couturière

une histoire pas très longue

Ta mère est couturière, tu nais dans les fils, les fragments de soie et les fichus aux tons bigarrés. Paris pue et suinte par tous ses pores. En trente ans, tu vois la foule mettre à bas la statue du roi Louis place…

Colón

“On far horizon of wide water, dark creatures rise in shadow against the light of the rising…

A Fundamental Problem

The Chinese philosophy of natural dualities is a classic instance of prescribed stupidity and induced intelligence far…

The mail is here!

Dear Patsy,

I am writing this letter as a last resort to try to get in touch with you and the rest of…

Housewife Building

Today I planned the building for the housewives. The plan is to pick out a thousand housewives, and they’ll leave their…

Woodwork

A short story about architecture.

On the Plaza Saint-Hubert

a flâneurial vignette