By ALI SHAPIRO
Lightning Talk on I-90 by Ali Shapiro
Ali Shapiro’s work has appeared in Gertrude, Popula, PrairieS
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RICHARD SIKEN
In my experience, the easiest way to lose faith in yourself is to compare your work to the greatest work of all time. The most invigorating thing you can do—for inspiration and motivation—is to look at art you don't like. I like reading poems I hate.
Excerpt from On Call
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
I took no pleasure in contradicting the president of the United States. I have always had a great deal of respect for the Office of the President, and to publicly disagree with the president was unnerving at best and painful at worst. But it needed to be done.
Gently
DAN HECK
After years of being saved by him, it was reflexive, natural. For once, he leans on me, and my steadiness returns, while my sight sharpens. There’s an explosion of lemon-scented Pine-Sol. We laugh and pretend we’re caught in the rain. Intimate, wet, laughter. I’m safe.
