It wasn’t a proper place for a sixteen-year-old to be, let alone work. But jobs were limited in the small… Read more Rest Home Odors
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The Woman Accused of Nymphomania
In America, it has always been a crime to be sexual. Michael Jackson might not have even gotten away with… Read more The Woman Accused of Nymphomania
If You Love Something, Squeeze it More Tightly Than Lennie Would
If you love something, absolutely do not set it free. That shit ain’t comin’ back. It’s about to be gone… Read more If You Love Something, Squeeze it More Tightly Than Lennie Would
A Roach Experience Unlike Clarice Lispector’s
Clarice Lispector. Perhaps the only person in history who could ever make a cockroach empathetic. Or at least try. In… Read more A Roach Experience Unlike Clarice Lispector’s
All That Rot
I had a one-night stand once who pulled a toothbrush out in the morning and went into the bathroom with… Read more All That Rot
A Yalı on the Bosphorus
The opening notes to “Flipside” burst forth from a yalı that Zehra had never noticed to be occupied before. In… Read more A Yalı on the Bosphorus
Sogni D’Oro
She lived in a small town. The kind that dreams are built on but that can never come true for… Read more Sogni D’Oro
Thomas J But With Mosquitoes
I don’t really understand people who don’t “get” certain pop culture references merely because of their age. When I was… Read more Thomas J But With Mosquitoes
La Ribellione dei Napoletani
They’re always saying that the Italian birthrate is at an all-time low. But maybe the statisticians responsible for coming up… Read more La Ribellione dei Napoletani
The Puka Shell Necklace Stalker
Adam lived in Beverly Hills and dressed like it was forever 1999: puka shell necklace, khaki cargos and Abercrombie and… Read more The Puka Shell Necklace Stalker
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