August 6, 2020
“Heebie Jeebies,” “Spin the Bottle,” and “The Date Fairy”
Heebie Jeebies Twelve years old, enthralled by Jan August’s Misirlou, I listen to the 78 record on my phonograph. My heart soars with the strings. I…
January 14, 2019
“Worms” and “Our Ancestor Sir James”
Worms I saw a picture of a small, refugee girl in Bangladesh, her eyes wide and frightened as she peeks from under her mother's arm in the tent where…