James Baldwin
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Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals
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when kosinski wrote “i’m sure there are aspects of my personality buried within me that will surface as soon as i know i am completely loved.”
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Wisława Szymborska, tr. by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak, from “Archeology”, Map: Collected and Last Poems
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Stephen Dunn, from “Mon Semblable”, Between Angels
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Ruth Awad, from “Let me be a lamb in a world that wants my lion”
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Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You
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that quote like “god gave us transness for the same reason he made grapes but not wine; yeast but no loaves — so we may partake in the divine act of creation”
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I THINK I AM GOING TO CUT MY HAIR
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it's like i am literally never going to own a house or find authentic love or escape the clutches of late stage capitalism so really what am i living for
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“I want to love something. / I want to love something without having to apologize for it. Please don’t tell.”
— Hala Alyan, from “I’m Not Speaking First,” The Twenty-Ninth Year
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Obit, Victoria Chang
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