(By Noelle) The unnamed. It has ever been with me. In my mind, there was always an elephant in the room and the emperor was rarely clothed. As a little girl, the unnamed made me feel bulky and obtuse in a sea of dainty. Sharp and seen. Every absolute presented sent me spinning, and my […]
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“I Pledge Allegiance to the Earth…”
(By Christian) “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” I haven’t actually stood facing a flag with my hand over my heart reciting the “Pledge of Allegiance” for decades, but the […]
AA is for Quitters
(This is a short excerpt from my forthcoming novel, That’s Me in the Corner, spoken in the voice of the book’s protagonist, Brody Graham.) *** Christopher was a full-on cokehead junkie, but he got clean and became this puritan who’s always irritating the hell out of everyone, saying things like, “I’m not going to tell you […]
The Beauty of the Abnormal
I once had someone tell me that I just liked being “depressed.” Well, I suppose there’s a fine line between learning to live with something and learning to thrive in it. Also, there’s a certain amount of pride that wouldn’t allow me to admit it, because it was intended as defeat. In my mind, it […]
On Personal Protest
I remember during the earliest days of the Occupy movement that the media got a kick out of asking the protesters what it was, exactly, that they wanted: “What is your list of specific demands?” And when the pierced and inked twenty-somethings couldn’t answer with succinctness and precision, they were smirked at and condescendingly patted […]
“Is misfit faith about love or suffering? Feasting or fasting? Divinity or humanity? Heaven or earth? The answer is yes, to all of it. And yeah, I want it all: the now and the later, the spirit and the flesh, the head, the heart, and the stations of the cross.” ~ Misfit Faith: Confessions of a Drunk […]