New York

My Life in Song: Processing Grief Through the 1992 Hit Disney Musical, “Newsies”

CW: physical abuse, animal abuse, self-harm

I was seven in 1992, the year Newsies came out and the year I began to have suicidal thoughts at summer camp. Watching my…

Bottle Girl: My Former Life in the Manhattan Club Scene

From misogynistic managers to meeting Drake —…

My Father’s Lost and Found Corpse

What happens when your mother refuses to bury your father

We Carry Your Life in Our Hands

My life and times as a New York City mover

A Flea Market Operated by Ghosts

Mundane, magic, garbage, gold.

Flowers Slipped into Shattered Glass

Memories of Being a Thirteen Year Old New Yorker on September 11, 2001