• Irigarayan Deinos & the Distance of Home, Part II

    The I of the Storm Reminding us that nature—as opposed or exterior to (masculine) human culture—is more than just tempest and maelstrom against which the human being must rage, Irigaray advances an alternative encounter with our natural home, one that… more ›

  • Irigarayan Deinos & the Distance of Home, Part I

    “Do not seek to go home.” – Chorus, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus “Home is where I want to be, but I guess I’m already there.”  – Talking Heads, “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” In “Between Us, A Fabricated… more ›

  • Swimming

    He wonders if he’ll ever get his work done after working nonstop for most of the day. Several things checked off the to-do list and several more things added: lift weights, rake the front yard, mow the front yard, grocery… more ›

  • Nonscents

    The shampoo smells like Jolly Rancher watermelon although it has a picture of an avocado on the label. He’s not sure how he would feel about the smell of avocado anyway. One soap smells like almonds, the other like grapefruit.… more ›

  • The Address

    The letter was simply addressed: l’Étranger, Rue Perdu, Nevers. It contained an account of the war and of life before war. It slipped out of pocket, down sewers and over the Loire. Signed by l’Immoraliste, obviously the nom de guerre of someone who… more ›

  • Embrace/Suffering

    “Talent deprived of the gift of sorrow produces only near-values.” In 1932, John Graham completed Embrace, a 30 x 36 in. oil painting on canvas. It is held by The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, and currently on display at… more ›

  • If Wishes Were Fishes

    He stares at the framed graduate degrees hanging on the office wall. He wishes they offered more assurance, more meaning. To him they document the unfailing stubbornness he tapped into to complete the PhD. Nothing more. He wishes they at… more ›

  • Inaugural Conversations

    The conversation based on stories–the historical conversation–attests to this difficulty. Instead of an organic dialog arising between self and other, each subject subjects the other to metanarrativity. One hears the difference in the deferral of meaning-to-say. The different stories of… more ›

  • Gobbledygoo

    “…Barely daring to breathe or Achoo.” – S. Plath Last night he found himself in an impromptu Plath-a-thon, reciting “Daddy” at a pub that served the worst version of a margarita pizza he had ever seen. He considers himself the… more ›

  • Arboreal Being

    He feels for the tree that did not survive yesterday’s storm. He mourns its removal from his yard, his life, the world. He knows that nothing is ever created or destroyed, that everything cycles through being and nonbeing, that he… more ›