Fragments

Here’s to beginnings, to endings, to transitions.

Not lacking in resolve but lacking in surety. Aiming, instead, for an open-hearted curiosity

Sometimes having two identities for yourself is an example of survival.

Keep going.

Gratitude

Some of the people whose creative work kept me going in 2025:

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• Hanif Abdurraqib
• Mandy Brown
• Alexander Chee
• Ann Friedman
• Ruth Ann Harnisch
• Sabrina Hersi Issa
• Erin Kissane
• Wendy Ortiz
• Lam Thuy Vo
• The teams at 3 Black Halflings, BAM, Dimension20, Larian, The Public Theater, Rude Tales, Worlds Beyond Number

With special thanks to poets, everywhere.

Attribution

James Baldwin, in a letter to Sol Stein; via Cornelius Eady.