Exercise: Talking to Strangers
Listen to the audio file, then repeat after each speaker until you feel ready to move on to the next exercise.
Hello!...
Venus
My daughter-never-born is throwing snow.
She’s dropping crystals
from clouds of sulfuric acid.
They glisten like knives, swirl
in the solar winds. Each flake hovers
over the ground before...
Alternative Healing Practices
She’d been playing the word game obsessively for weeks now.
Every word she stumbled on, that fell unwittingly from a conversation partner’s lips,...
Operetta
After Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle
You were never just one place. No,
you were always opening the door
into a different country, always
stepping into a new...
Death Valley 1947; Suspended Disbelief
Bridget Lillethorup (she/her/hers) lives near some train tracks in flyover country. She is a teacher and writer in Omaha, Nebraska....
America's Black Atlas
The definition of Americanness
(sadly) remains color for many people
~Toni Morrison
January 7, 2021 marked the 195th anniversary of eighty-year-old Occramer Marycoo, also known...
The Heron
the coffee maker’s clean light blinks
there’s mold in the ceiling
i’m waiting for the phone to ring
someone calls or someone doesn’t call
a package comes...
