March 21, 2021

living in a trance

Interview with Zac Cruz and Annie Forrest on the eve of their photographic exhibition TRANCE at 11 gallery.

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July 16, 2020

end times

news, printed on paper is dying. and in its final moments, it needs me. i know i'm not alone with these feelings.

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June 18, 2020

the anthology of lonely days (after O’Hara)

any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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September 13, 2019

love letter to a dive

Cherry Tavern and the gentrification of drinking along a wet stretch of 6th street in Manhattan's east village.

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December 14, 2017

being gay

a long, complicated, weird, and probably illegal, half plagiarized, unpublishable story about david look acting as, writing as, and being Gay Talese.

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November 23, 2017

the long goodbye: the end of a neighbourhood bar

its closure was announced as summer turned to fall. now it was winter, and The Comox was on its death bed.

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February 25, 2017

in bed with the enemy: a night at mr. president’s newest hotel

everyone told me not to stay at Trump International Vancouver, but i didn’t listen.

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July 22, 2016

sleeping class

five days aboard a legendary transcontinental train that makes a 4000km journey across Canada two times a week.

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September 22, 2014

hub fans bid 2 adieu

a 2014 literary recreation of the 1960 John Updike essay, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu.

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April 7, 2014

the time i retired for a month to see what it was like

in which i pursue an answer to the question: is retirement worth saving for?

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