Tag Archives: Nonfiction

taloned i pedaled by a dead mouseor was it a vole — half-chewed mangled in the road i spotted an osprey by its nestwas that the killeror was it an owl a peregrinean eagle? what left a mostly whole rodenttalonedin … Continue reading →

What I’m Reading: East Coast Greenway MAINE ROUTE: CALAIS TO KITTERY The East Coast Greenway route in Maine passes through an amazing diversity of natural and cultural history along its 390-mile route. From coastal communities and historic mill cities to … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week WHAT IS THE EASTERN TRAIL? Part of the East Coast Greenway, a 3000-mile pedestrian/bike trail connecting Calais, ME to Key West, FL, the Eastern Trail boasts 22 miles of off-road trail–with 65 miles planned … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Before I arrived to this city, I could feel the depression in my fingertips. It made my fingers tingle. Sadness is the most alive emotion. It gets into your nerves. Its pulses feel like … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week This year I turned my back to the world. I let language face / the front. The parting felt like a death. The first person ran / away like a horse. — Victoria Chang … Continue reading →

Mules? … Donkeys? … Jackasses? … Huh?! What I’m Reading: … The best thing about emptiness is if you close youreyes in a field, you’ll open your eyes in a field. — Victoria Chang / “With My Back to the … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week “I don’t believe in the therapeutic effects of writing … I really think that the only healing possible will be through justice … “ — Cristina Rivera Garza, to Lillian Perlmutter / “‘The only … Continue reading →

What I’m Reading: We are all bodies of change. — Laura Killingbeck / “A Woman Who Left Society to Live with Bears Weighs in on ‘Man or Bear’” / Bikepacking.com