Naslund, Sena Jeter, “Ahab’s Wife or, The Star Gazer” (Harper Perennial 1999)

When my hands were little, and my mother was teaching me to sew, she placed her hands over mine. She … More

Lowry, Malcolm, “Ultramarine” (Overlook Press 1962)

“Perhaps you will write about your experiences.” “Ja, perhaps,” I said. “That is certainly a point. but the desire to … More

Yau, John “Please Wait by the Coatroom”, “Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Cultures” (The New Museum of Contemporary Art 1990)

For Lam to have achieved the status of unique individual, he would have had to successfully adapt to the conditions … More

Erdrich, Louise “The Round House” (Harper 2012 )

Women don’t realize how much store men set on the regularity of their habits. We absorb their comings and goings … More