Diaries of a Lover Girl
Poetry, Pedagogy, & Paramours. 98% lover girl, 2% rage. Monthly.
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Currently Reading (opens the original)
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I’ve sat down to write this month’s post a few times but honestly, I am exhausted. I am teaching three courses this semester, all of my beloveds are knee deep in their lives, and every day does not feel like the actual day that it is. Don’t get me wrong, I love teaching. I love getting to build these classes and work with these students, this is a joy unlike anything else I get to do in life. But good work is still work, right? With any new routine comes a relearning not just of how to navigate
In Defense of Grief (opens the original)
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Two days before I fly out of LaGuardia to Honduras for a friend’s wedding in mid-July, my aunt dies. The call comes while I’m buying travel sized bottles at the Dollar Tree. I buffer in the middle of the store that had no music playing overhead. I drop my basket on an empty shelf to step outside and settle into the words. When I hang up I turn to look through the glass panes and there’s a monarch butterfly as if from nowhere. I break.I was supposed to see her the next day before my overnight in
Strength in Reverse (opens the original)
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