Kaveh Akbar

Gustav Klimt, The Park, 1909

Maggie Smith, from “Slipper”, Goldenrod

I believe what happened to Andrew Garfield about Jesse Eisenberg happened once to me

from Bhanu Kapil’s The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers

I WISH IT HAD ALL BEEN DIFFERENT!!!!!

Devin Kelly, from “All That Wanting, Right?”

Eid Mubarak, I love you all, may we witness a free Palestine within our lifetimes inshallah

2025

you are allowed to have a moment to think before you speak

terrifying sincerity will demand from you the kind of composure and character you are seeking

practice asking yourself questions and answer them without seeking references or resources or answers that others gave

the difference between ritual and routine is faith, and the kind of faith you need to give to your habits—what they each mean to you— is something to be curious, reflective, intentional about. you are afraid that habits will sap your life of meaning, so give them meaning of their own

Lila (divine play)

novelty & magic are rivers, not reservoirs

ELLEN BASS