Notable Work

“It's not gravity that grounds us, keeps us from spinning off into the black, night sky. It's love stories. Some of them are happy, others hard. Love isn't always kind, though it wants to be. Even in death, the story says, I love you still.”

“Don't rise and stand at the sink combing / hair, brushing teeth, thinking / of a thousand different details. Breathe in / the air of another new morning, / and hum, filling the cavities of your cheeks, / the bone trumpet of your skull, / with your own, reverberating music.”

“I felt David’s spirit with me ... The world, wherever I looked, was unexpectedly beautiful. I drove through miles of grapevines, their leaves bright flames, letting loose their wild colors. Galileo said, “Wine is light, held together by water.” So are people, I thought.”