The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it
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.
Gratitude
Some of the people whose creative work kept me going in 2025:
- clipping
- 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.
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