Monthly Archives: June 2007

at this point in the story, the character is watching time catch up with him like it was an elastic that just snapped off of a finger. in an instant, it will be upon him, and in an instant more, … Continue reading →

each morning i wake to the tac-tac-tac of a bird pecking against the mirror that hangs on our shower wall. he cocks his head at his reflection for a second, then tactactac. i wonder if he is trying to set … Continue reading →

a friend of mine, a poet and playwright, says that busy-ness is the death of ideas. i think she is right. when one hurries through his day, it pushes past him in the opposite direction, at the exact same speed. … Continue reading →

i have just finished at the hospital and walked home on the muddy road. the last thing i did before i left was to explain tuberculosis to a patient’s mother. she is from the nuer tribe. her four top teeth … Continue reading →

after ten hours on a chattering road, i arrived into abyei as planned, two days ago. the first thing i did after setting my bags down was to fell headfirst into a fever. i spent my first morning back shivering … Continue reading →