I am all of three years old. The red-and-white-striped bathing suit clings to my tiny body, and I cling to my dad, my arms and legs...

In 2015, a woman at work asked if I was pregnant. To my face. In front of other colleagues. In front of svelte colleagues standing next...

“Okay, Sam-MEE, are you ready?” Jose asks, his curls bouncing despite the weight of the water droplets splashing off them. I nod. As I...

The Sensitive Geek My first love was a TV trope. I was first exposed to the Sensitive Geek through Seth Cohen, a character from the The...

Once, God came to me in the form of a cat. Two thousand one had been a stressful year. I lost a job that I had held for years. I was...

A girl walked by me while chatting with her friend. I overheard her say, “I love it. I’m not forced to hang out with anyone I don’t want...

There was a surge of electricity across the wires after the transformer exploded on Osage Avenue. The sky washed white from the flash....

Crinkle fries. I was willing to do anything to get my hands on those slender sticks of fried potatoes, and they only sold them at Fraser...

In order to get to high school, a decrepit-double decker bus would be mounted from the only village bus stop. The bus stop had one seat...

Ian and I chuckled as we watched a viral MMA video that came across my feed. It was the Bellator fight that had a fighter wake up from a...

This essay has to start somewhere, let’s pick a winter’s day in February of 2020. Imagine constantly having the urge to pull your hair...

For some time now, I have been thinking about, and sometimes writing about cover songs. By “writing about cover songs,” I usually mean...