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“To be alive means full body contact with the absurd.”
~Fight Night, Miriam Toews

Anyone who puts on a crown, even if only as an experiment, will end up looking for a kingdom.
~Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi

How to Write a Compelling Speaker Pitch

Some unsolicited advice for those pitching to speak at events and conferences.

i want you
to succumb to
human circumstance
for me
~Modern Locket, Shy Watson (2021)

Grief is a house with no windows or doors and no way of telling the time.
~Sisters, Daisy Johnson

The illusion of safety was an invention of the West.
~Build Your House Around My Body, Violet Kupersmith