Dear readers,
A 500 word version of my essay, "The Ceiling or the Floor" is being published on http://www.opiummagazine.com/ today. This is the edited version -- a longer version is in the works! Thanks so much for reading.
Michelle's Spell of the Day
"Do not linger too long in desolate ground." The Art of War
Cocktail Hour
Drinking mini-series suggestion: Roots (It's been reissued on dvd.)
Benedictions and Maledictions: Happy Friday!
Congrats Michelle!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNice pants =D
I lost the top to my spray bottle.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations
ReplyDeleteGood luck. Is this Opium magazine a real magazine? I know it sounds dumb from me but I ask.
ReplyDeleteVery strong work. Congrats, on both the writing and the publishing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on this fine writing.
ReplyDeleteI would send an email to them asking for extra copies then on Mondays you could sit around with your friends having coffee and smoking them.
ReplyDeletehate the story love the writing
peace
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Hey Michelle,
ReplyDeleteAs always, you know I'm envious! Opium Magazine is a cool place to hang your hat, so to speak. Looking forward to reading it.
Just read it, Michelle. I can't say I enjoyed the subject; however, the emotional honesty of the piece really shines--filth and all.
ReplyDeleteYour use of moving back and forth in time in this piece illustrated how we don't move progressively forward but loop back through the same event in slightly different ways, over and over. A powerful piece of writing, thank you.
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of of being insensitive, I wonder if there is any possibility of exploring this story from the screaming dolphin's point of view? Coupled with your ability to express the pain that this person caused, I think it could be stunning. His death, because he is looking to the other dolphins for salvation instead of doing the work of saving himself, is a fitting contrast to the author writing through her pain.