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A stranger is poor, voracious, and turbulent He comes from nowhere in particular … His method of knowing something Is to eat it. – Anne Carson   Dharani for Satisfying Geophagy (homage to) Three types of strangers haunt the city …

Only two days after Irene Canter was deposed at the law office of August Jackson, she received the transcript of the deposition in the mail. That was a surprise. How did they get it typed and xeroxed and mailed so …

They were drunk. Carol was married, but had been eyeing Francis since he joined the department. The company took the support staff to a winery as a thank you, and when the time came for toasts, she went on too …

If you’re reading this brochure, it’s because you, like thousands of your fellow people, are interested in collecting the autographs of pro football’s top stars. From the sunny beaches of San Diego to the light-starved canyons of New York, from …

Mariella, Your son is afraid. He dreamt that you were sitting next to him and that you were old. He’s more fragile than he wants to be. His hair makes a mess of his head and I do not know if this …

Not till a decade after her hair was gray did she know about honey and salt. Pouring wildflower honey in your palm and then sprinkling on it a pinch of Himalayan raw salt. Lick till gone.   We could exist …

& the boys wake just before morning does, stitch themselves into new skins. new boys. same rotten pain their fathers died from. yesterday they were green but today they’re tough now, puffed-out chests & arms so wide you’d think they …

i.  On Saturday morning I will race my brother to the mailboxes on Pride Lane. Pride Lane holds too many homes with empty kitchens and clothes lines. I will teeter the line between gravel road and white fencing – call …

It is the same party. It is the same party, with the same people, wearing the same clothes, the same shirts and jeans they have all seen a thousand times before; the same shoes. Their hair and their stories are …