Archive - Pitching a Tent without Poles

the girls' bathroom

“It’s the only safe space in a surveillance state,” one of my students asserts in a conversation that has left the pages of The Handmaid’s Tale and…

Apr 10 •

October 2024

House of Hormones

An adolescent boy and a perimenopausal woman make strange housemates.

Oct 30, 2024 •

September 2024

On cellos and their possibilities

Early in the summer, a friend arrived on my doorstep with a ¾ size cello on her back.

Sep 6, 2024 •

June 2024

When I fantasize about my husband’s mistress

She is desperate for him.

Jun 11, 2024 •

May 2024

Deromancing the Beast

the false narrative we love in love

May 14, 2024 •

April 2024

Please manspread on my page

has anyone noticed men don’t really write about their bodies?

Apr 25, 2024 •

March 2024

what was, what is, and what might be

Mar 27, 2024 •

Medusa's Curse or Cure?

middle age, friendship, and body insecurity

Mar 5, 2024 •

February 2024

Break up's Spell

the creative catapult born of heartbreak and some artists for this day

Feb 13, 2024 •

"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger?"

Feb 7, 2024 •

January 2024

The Case of the Missing Baculum

and other human mysteries

Jan 24, 2024 •

Birds in Flight

On Christmas afternoon, I lost the family pet.

Jan 9, 2024 •

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