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Zhigwaajige’
“My mother then explained that the government had run a mass campaign and sterilized Indian people, and that one of the ways to do this was to label anyone… More
Why I Write
“I write because I have always written, because I want to write, because I don't want to write, because I don't know how to not write. Because, in the… More
Injuries Incompatible with Life
“This is my number, bro. Go to a meeting, get clean, and call me up sometime soon. I need a third baseman for our softball team, and you look… More
Tarkovsky by Countlight
“While in such a state, I had often pictured myself as some performance artist at the Guggenheim or somewhere: bleak, three-walled void of cell, its lotused, blanket-swaddled habitant.” More
Raw, Real, Uncensored
“The greatest consolation is that at the instant of death, all that was life ceases to matter; however good or bad, all the events of that life suddenly become… More
Pet Cemetery
“But amazingly, each one lies there with what was once its head resting on its paws—just like any ordinary dog would do—and in spite of their ghastly appearance, even… More
Another One Bites the Dust
“Those three fights were the first ones I’d ever been in, and they earned me a total of 298 days in solitary confinement. It didn’t matter to me that… More
Person on the Porch
“It isn't until the ambulance that I realize that I have no idea what I am doing with my own self. That I am in over my head. What… More
Burn Baby, Burn
“I doubt I'll ever smell the blaze of a house fire again. Brick doesn't burn and ash away the same as a quilted blanket.” More
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