July 15, 2023

cigarettes out, please rise

Read this like you are watching a John Cassavetes film.

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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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November 12, 2020

72 hours

an unnamed protagonist shares every detail of their weekend one summer in may until one unfortunate event ends it.

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November 5, 2020

Bill’s Place

every Friday and Saturday night, 148 West 133rd street in Harlem becomes a b.y.o.b. jazz club called Bill's Place.

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September 24, 2020

mayonnaise windshield

it was dark. we were young. 7-11 was the center of our universe.

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August 26, 2020

the golden hour

a lot of things had to happen for this to happen, for us to be here in this room together. at least a million little things in sequence, but i'm only aware of the weather.

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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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November 15, 2019

the last sonatas

a poem in three movements that celebrates Franz Schubert's final sonatas. written under the pseudonym Chauncey Darling.

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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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