The Widening Gyre

I can’t stop thinking about who is silenced and who is doing the silencing, about who is and isn’t heard.



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Sepia-toned image of a monarch butterfly perches on a branch to feed on a white flower bud.

How the Strands Sing

The body teeters on a fulcrum, one base pair away from disaster.


Oil painting of six people gathered around a white-tableclothed table, playing a vintage board game.

Solving for R

The voice from our body, after all, is just a cover for the voice inside our head.


The eyes and head of Michelangelo's statue of David

Jonathan

Will someone someday read this and know she was beautiful and good and kind?


A photo showing an old almond tree growing in Nablus Palestine, backdropped by a clear blue sky.

Of Mice, Maps, and Memory

Cartoons taught me to laugh at violence. To see it as pattern, rhythm, inevitability. But back home, the patterns were bloodier.