Sorry not sorry for posting about this again but I’m really proud of this story and spent a long time writing it. My debut into fiction now up on Hobart Pulp hobartpulp.com/web_features/b…

Our panel didn’t make it but I’m still going to Baltimore next March in order to cook for my friends. No one ever eats enough fiber at AWP. I hope to see some of you for saag and scotch.

one of my goals this summer was to listen to all of Mahler's symphonies and space them out so I could read about each one. I also wanted to get blonde highlights.

I fucked up my shoulder and to distract myself from the pain I keep accusing my dog of having done something to it during the night. He's just a big baby though. He is mostly napping through his show trial.

I try to organize a scavenger hunt to further my political career and they end up doing a true crime series about me on Netflix. Mamdani does it and it's considered charming and wholesome. Just more anti-Bengali bias that I have put up with my entire life. this fucking country.

The song of the summer is “Cruel Summer” by Bananarama because I just heard it now on the way back from the liquor store.

I'm working on my Composition syllabus. I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing. Essentially I'm reverse engineering a syllabus to justify the inclusion of these images.

I can't be the only person who does this. I wish less of you were cowards.

Well, the semester starts tomorrow. I’d better have a drink and listen to Thin Lizzy.

LA🤝sacramento: it’s a true honor/pleasure to feature the stellar work of CA poet romy rhoads ewing in burial mag—here’s “open container” and it makes me feel all kinds of ways. i’m looking for gut punches in small spaces and this’s one of my absolute favorites so far. l i n k in reply

Had an eye exam for the first time in nearly a decade. My prescription has not changed significantly. Because I eat six pounds of spinach a week (great for macular health). And I avoid eye strain by drinking in a well-lit shed.

Love when people listen to my poems. Photo thanks to nick dove🕊️

My wife won’t let me watch The Great Mouse Detective.

I vetoed a bunch of hers and since we’re at an impasse we’re just betting on my blood pressure readings.

I'm nervous about teaching. I've forgotten how to talk to young people because I spent the summer writing a pirate novel and drinking in a shed. what are some idioms used by the young? What cigarette brands are in vogue among them? Who are their sports heroes and Broadway idols?

Your art teacher and your gym teacher are getting married

My dog put himself to bed. He’s not putting up with my bullshit (Becket + Lion in Winter double feature which will end at 2:45 am)

I know it’s old hat but I simply love, love, love methamphetamines.

Here’s a story I wrote about former President Barack Obama terrorizing school children at an aquarium. I hope you enjoy it. Please don’t try to glean my politics from this story.