neon graveyard
This piece is the first I ever wrote as I was pioneering the Terzaversenelle form. It recounts a memory of the Neon Graveyard/Boneyard in Las Vegas, and explores feelings of cultural detachment and existential insignificance.
Two Eyes
This piece largely sustained my participation in this event, as it was actually written in three or four chunks as my poem for three or four different days, and I later pieced it together in its current form. There is a paradoxical force in writing like this from which learning is bound to arise: it …
Lavender Tongue
This paper was written over the course of English 102. I was able to select a topic which could maintain my interest over a prolonged period of time, and the strategies I learned, developed, or perfected during this course helped me to construct an effective and cohesive exploration of the research …
Its Alive and It Hates You
I wrote a completely different version of this piece at the height of autistic burnout many years ago, and when we were prompted simply to “imagine your mind as a house,” I knew I wanted to revisit this piece. It remains one of my favorites of my own works of creative nonfiction, and …
Poe Endures
I was prompted simply to write and deliver a tribute speech, whereas all previous assignments in this course were required to be delivered extemporaneously. This opened the doors for creative play with form, and I decided that a poetic form would uniquely strengthen a tribute to my subject, the late …