Notes on Virtual Life, Part II: Facebook, Twitter & the Seeds of...
Irritated, I sighed and glanced at my mother. I had shared my latest post on social media, Egypt, and (my) pseudo-activism on Facebook. And no one had commented. I sifted through my Facebook feed. Ah,...
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At 25, I started writing a book. Thailand lured me in one direction; the rave scene pulled me in another. My four mentors were kind and gentle, willing to read my fragments, my ramblings, my shit. At...
View ArticleOn Worldviews, I: My Glass Jar
I find the key is to think of a day as units of time, each unit consisting of no more than thirty minutes. —Will Freeman, About a Boy In About a Boy, the main character, Will, measures his days in...
View ArticleFragments on Time: Found Poetry in My Dashboard
I have nearly 50 drafts in my blog’s dashboard — waiting, forgotten, abandoned. This week, I encouraged readers at the Daily Post, one of our blogs at WordPress.com, to sift through and revisit these...
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