“Life is filled with great violence, more than you realize. It’s also filled with beauty and depth and love. There is no absolute truth, but there is forgiveness for those in need. Leaning against the wall next to the door of my apartment in Morgantown, I set about the business of changing my life, convincing myself that I am capable, and worthy, of forgiveness—for surviving when my friend died, for surviving because my friend died.”

“Whatever It Was, It’s Already Gone” — upcoming publication in The Wrath-Bearing Tree