Autobiography

A Fleeting Shape Glimpsed From the Corner of the Eye

A Fleeting Shape Glimpsed From the Corner of the Eye

My first memory of God: I was five or six years old and feverishly rubbing a white crayon into a dark blue piece of construction paper.
Feedback Loops

Feedback Loops

The photograph of my mom refuses to leave the auditorium. We jiggle the cords, but she’s still there, twenty feet tall and gazing at the water.
Slush and Stone

Slush and Stone

January 6, 2022

January 6, 2022

This Is the Third Time I Will Leave New York

This Is the Third Time I Will Leave New York

April 22, 2021

April 22, 2021

Some Terrible Paintings

Some Terrible Paintings

Leave Your Children in the Woods

Leave Your Children in the Woods

Birds

Birds

Observance

Observance

Pegasus

Pegasus

Tornado

Tornado

Bell

Bell

Dark

Dark

May 10, 2020

May 10, 2020

Coherence

Coherence

The Electrifying Mojo Had the Most Reassuring Voice I Ever Heard

The Electrifying Mojo Had the Most Reassuring Voice I Ever Heard

His spirit runs through nearly everything we hear today.
Quiet

Quiet

Communion

Communion

One of the Finest Things I Own Is a Lamp

One of the Finest Things I Own Is a Lamp

The 45th Parallel

The 45th Parallel

You can feel the geography shift when you see all that big pine and cold water.
Birthday

Birthday

January 22, 2020

January 22, 2020

Information

Information

Philosophy Is an Ambulance

Philosophy Is an Ambulance

Grief can arrive on a gust of wind, a glimpse at a calendar, or a half-heard snippet of conversation on the street.
The Last Year of My Father

The Last Year of My Father

I thought grief would be dignified and monumental like a tower shrouded in mist or quiet days spent weeping in a dim room.
The Prevention of Dying

The Prevention of Dying

Pneumonia Notes

Pneumonia Notes