moms

Music: DJ Yeshu: Mamamix 2008

For the past number of years—golly, probably six or seven—my mother usually has received flowers from me for Mother’s Day. When I was a poor graduate student, however, I used to make her mix tapes and CDs, which she has always enjoyed and says she still listens to today. Last week I decided spending a couple of nights mixing up something for mom would be a nice change; last

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on writerly sloppiness

Music: Kate Bush: The Sensual World (1989)

Yesterday I finished revising a review essay for a major journal in my field. After the experience I am feeling a little demoralized, certainly embarrassed, and perhaps a smidgeon of ashamed. I’m not despondent, mind you, just a little rattled that the last round of copy-edits caught a host of gaffs. The most embarrassing mistake of all: citing “Mother Stands for Comfort” as if it appeared

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Writing in/a relentless reckoning with the realization that love is not enough, that the ideal of commun-
ication is impossible, and that I cannot be you.

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