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i thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag

Posted on December 4, 2021 by gary

“The only thing I don’t doubt is my doubt.”— spalding gray— It’s one of those days. I’ve been trudging through a collection of short stories about the lives of Cambodian Americans (“Afterparties” by Anthony Vaesna So.) I’m about halfway through … Continue reading →

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i don’t even know where Algiers is

Posted on June 7, 2018 by gary

What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks disappearing? It’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s goodbye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture … Continue reading →

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me talk pretty one day

Posted on January 17, 2018 by gary

It’s a big bookstore, the last of those places with the comfortable feeling of a place where it’s ok just to hang out. we go our separate ways once we’re inside. I loiter around the staff picks, trying out pages … Continue reading →

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“It’s weird to feel like you miss someone you’re not even sure you know.” — david foster wallace

Posted on February 16, 2017 by gary

When there’s nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire — the prophet torquil campbell — I had googled the above quote, which is part song lyric and part rallying cry for a disenfranchised  electorate, just to … Continue reading →

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things i wish i had said, part 54

Posted on December 24, 2015 by gary

The truth: This story is true, and everything in it happened to me. But I could tell this story all day long. It’s nothing personal. People think my guts were quivering on the floor. People in the audience tell me … Continue reading →

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