left write & centaur was launched in 2017 on WordPress. I’m migrating its content here while adding new material, largely short comments on poetics, politics, art, history, neighborhood, and family. You can find the original site here. Thanks to Tina Turbeville for designing the banner.

Reading Sara Ryan's Never Leave the Foot of an Animal Unskinned
Within reach from my desk is a small wooden box. Inside is a snake’s skull…