What I Learned From Self-Publishing My Essay Collection
On knowing what you—and your work—truly desire
Essays
Someone in Some Future Time Will Think of Us
You may forget but
Let me tell you
this: someone in
some future time
will think of us.
— Sappho
I found this quote today in Paul Monette’s essay collection, Last Watch of the Night, after asking him what I should write about and opening to a random page. He
A Book Is A Spell
How can I learn to create a tangible object that will weave together an experience for someone else at a place and time I may never see?
On Being a Real Writer
I suppose I spent so long worrying about being a real man, or even a real trans man, that I haven’t found much time to worry about being a real writer.
I am a man who doesn’t have a cock. In fact, I am a man who has
Containment
Menstrual products, chest binders, and power.