My Monomania: Nathan Bell

I was an accomplished and un-coachable athlete and a poor photographer. I didn’t have enough patience with myself to write short stories or novels, so I became a songwriter. Continue reading →

Ten Ways to Properly Care for Your Vulva

7) Take it with you to vote. Continue reading →

[Confession] The Bottomless Vertigo of Being Alive

I am not afraid of the act of falling. I am not afraid of going or being up. I am not afraid of being hurt. I am afraid of the space in between beginning to go down and being down. Continue reading →

[LIT]My Monomania: Fork Burke

I think it’s safe to say Fork Burke is one of my muses. Continue reading →

I Don’t Look Good For My Age. I Look Good.

A conditional compliment is like a gift with purchase. It’s a gift with a stipulation. Continue reading →

[LIT] My Monomania: KMA Sullivan – Poet, Essayist, Editor and Publisher

I think something we need to remember is that often, the most giving of people receive the least. Let’s do something to change that this year, and let’s start by celebrating KMA Sullivan. Happy New Year. Continue reading →

A Blow by Blow Review: The Last Temptation of Christ

I will try my best not to slip up and ruin the ending. I know how this story of the Son of God ends, and I don’t want to wreck it for anyone. Continue reading →

Why Queen Bey is a Feminist

Her own words should be the final words on the subject. Continue reading →

[LIT] My Monomania – The Three Wise Guys of Las Vegas, Nevada

In 1995, Geoff Carter, Gregory Crosby & Dayvid Figler decided to do what was then commonly referred to as a “spoken word event” at the Enigma Garden Cafe… Continue reading →

Why We Have To Be Our Own VIDA

It’s like a box of broken crayons where nearly every crayon is the same color and being used to draw a picture of a box of broken crayons in all the same color. Continue reading →

[LIT] My Monomania: A Second Interview with Myriam Gurba, Who Got Gay Married Today

I hope you buy things from my Etsy page so that I can pay for my plastic surgery. – Myriam Gurba Continue reading →

[LIT] My Monomania: An Interview with Author Debra Monroe

If wives or mothers were the essential undergirding for the world’s business, run by men, did I want to walk away from the chance to be essential? No. But I wanted more. Continue reading →

[LIT]My Monomania: An Interview with Poet Wendy Chin-Tanner

Wendy Chin-Tanner. Poet, writer, editor, educator, mother, wife, daughter, New York native, Portland transplant. Continue reading →

[LIT]I See Your James Franco Poems And Raise A Lee Hazlewood Poem

I admit I wrote a Leonard Cohen poem once. I was young— Continue reading →

Listen Up, Girlfriend: I’m Not Your $@#$*%# Mother

I am truly sorry not everyone has good parents, but you need friends, not a mom you just met. You’re a grown ass woman, not the Little Match Girl. Continue reading →