I just saw an incredibly beautiful film, Totem, dir. by Lila Avilés. Most of the film takes place in a single day, focused on the attentive perspective of a 7-year-old, Sol, who, across the day, learns more about life, her family & her father’s terminal illness. A must watch!

Here are pictures that I made for illustration projects for The Rumpus, but that never made it into the publications of the respective works. I have really enjoyed having the opportunity to engage with (and attempt to complement) the work of so many awesome writers.

Latest sketch, a self portrait.

And for my most recent drawing…

I waited in line for 100 minutes (no exaggeration!) to see the National Gallery of Art exhibition Paris, 1874: The Impressionist Moment. It was worth it, if only to see Monet’s Impression, Sunrise. Altogether, though, so many awesome pieces, an excellent exhibit of that momentous occasion.

I'm thrilled to share my story, "The Free Throw Shooter," published on Short Story, Long by the greatest of editors, Aaron Burch, with illustrations I LOVE by the excellent Jiksun Cheung! I hope you read it and if you do I hope you like it. ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/the-free-thr…

Darius Garland was not the mysterious man in my story, "The Free Throw Shooter." 😆 ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/the-free-thr…

Literature & short story lovers: recently I was paid for a story published in Short Story, Long. To support the journal, I want to put the $ back into it by giving away a bunch of monthly subscriptions. Interested? DM me w/your email address! ashortstorylong.substack.com

For the morning crowd...

“I understand absolutely nothing,” replied the Nose. “Make yourself…clear.” “My dear sir,” said Kovalyov with a sense of…dignity, “I don’t know how to interpret your words…The whole thing seems to me…obvious…After all, you are my nose!” -from Gogol’s “The Nose”

This is such a great interview. I love how little De Niro says. youtube.com/watch?v=Bhez4P…

If you are looking for an incredible film—and who isn’t, really?—look no further than On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni. nytimes.com/2025/03/06/mov…

Two men and a lady. Scratch paper fun.

Enjoying oil painting again! Here is a close up of a work in progress….

Would anyone help me to know what this says? Or know a way I might translate these Chinese characters to English? Thanks!

A partial view of an oil painting work in progress.

Andre Aciman’s (André Aciman) Call Me By Your Name is a perfect book. WOW! Just finished it this afternoon and had to sit and hold onto it a bit before anything else.

Recent drawing…

Fun with one-line pencil drawing.