One of my most memorable & formally innovative reads of the year. Stories within stories — a legend of a lost world, a family history narrated by a redoubtable grandmother, a play in an underwater theater, a love story — woven together with incredible artistry. Gorgeous, gory, utterly engrossing.

This airplane taking the genre wars to new heights

Just finished this incredible book by @sugi.bsky.social. The frankness and magnetism of the narrator’s voice, the absolute immersion into a particular place and time, the riveting plot, the moral complexity and depth of compassion in this work — it’s a masterpiece.

Fuchsia and camellia, bright and blooming in December, when even tough little pansies hide their faces from the cold 😍

Emerging from the fog of my first fight with Covid to find there’s a new bit of art in the world, and it has my name on it. Grateful to the editors at The Iowa Review for publishing my story, “Krishna,” in this gorgeous issue.

Re-reading “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage,” and once again astounded at the way Alice Munro leads the story and its reader around like little puppies on the leash, by which I mean, woof, woof.

Things I loved about the movie “Showing Up”:
- So many arts! Yarn, fabric, sketching, pottery, dance, film, stained glass, sculpture, “earth work”
- Art as dogged, difficult, indeterminate work with very rare moments of insight & inspiration