Heart Eater

"What time is it on the clock of the world?" asked revolutionary philosopher Grace Lee Boggs

On finally discovering the pitch-black, utterly feral, curse-filled witchcraft of Elena Ferrante

The mesmerizing work of South Korean painter 김창열/金昌烈 (Kim Tschang Yeul); my writing about his work will be published in FRIEZE WEEK Seoul in September

As an obscure, niche, Asian American poet & writer, I used to think that if I/we didn't promote other Asian American writers, who would? Priscilla Chan? How did she get in this Substack? Yikes.

Theophany: "a visible manifestation of a deity"...a writing prompt inspired by a beguiling visual poem from THEOPHANIES by Sarah Ghazal Ali

VHS memories sparked by reading TRUE GRIT by Charles Portis

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

What is self-evident in "our" empire? And how do we write it? "Every empire seems invincible..." writes poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, confronting us with the relentless discourses of colonial mastery.

Love letters from abolitionist Minneapolis: "Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?" by Junauda Petrus and "We Miss You George Floyd" by Shannon Gibney

On coyotes, "the stroke / Of hammers rings all day," and, "negation of the negation"

Writing, books, and art have been a lifeline for me, and maybe for you, too?