In lockdown, my son sings in the bath. “U is for ulta-pulta,” he says, quoting his current favorite book. He warns his wooden flamingo, “Here comes a topsy-turvy wave!” The research suggests that trying to pass on a language sans context to a third generation is hopeless, but I cannot stop. His first blocks wereContinue reading “At Home, Adrift by Rashi Rohatgi”
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Two Micros by Jared Povanda
The Idea of a Thing is Not the Thing Itself This boy wants a cat for the idea of a cat. Real responsibility chokes him. This boy wants to embody the writer—navy sweater, gold chinos, salmon boat shoes, honey hair tousled, thick brown glasses, posing with the frothing sea at his back, black feline inContinue reading “Two Micros by Jared Povanda”
Driving Like a Boss by Myna Chang
T-Rex dislikes my neighbor’s dog. It’s a vicious little yapper. T-Rex is afraid Neighbor-Dog will bite his foot. Stop being a wimp, I say. Stomp that mutt. Sometimes Neighbor-Dog chases my kid. Don’t let that yapping menace chase my kid, I say. Use those big dinosaur feet. T-Rex would rather go water skiing. Fine, I say. But I can’t drive the boat. There’s too much turbulence. I’ll do it, T-Rex says. Vroom vroom.Continue reading “Driving Like a Boss by Myna Chang”
Two Micros by Melissa Llanes Brownlee
Tweezer Your hair is going gray but you don’t want to dye it yet. That would admit defeat. I part its darkness in uneven rows, with a comb, starting in the front and working my way to the back, hunting. Pull it out from the root, you instruct, but I can’t get a good gripContinue reading “Two Micros by Melissa Llanes Brownlee”
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