Monthly Archives: April 2009

Poetry Month!

Poetry Month!

My stepmom sent me a copy of Eireann Lorsung’s Music For Landing Planes By last month, and I finally got around to reading it. The …

 

The Last Time I Saw You

The Last Time I Saw You

The first boy I would ever love I met when I was twelve years old. I had just begun junior high, and would watch him …

 

A First Solo Act

A First Solo Act

Backstage, I looked like a crazy person. I was talking to myself without making any noise, mouthing some nonexistent chorus. I was throwing my hands …

 

Books!

Books!

The last day of bookbinding class was a little grueling: I had two books to finish, or else . . . or else they just …

 

(I Probably Shouldn’t Tell This Story)

(I Probably Shouldn’t Tell This Story)

My first clue should have been that my eternally laid-back boyfriend was uncomfortable with it. “You look weirded out,” I said. “Are you weirded out? …