Teen Bible
“How about you, Dave? Have you been baptized?”
Exchange
Commercial semioticians getting to know one another via dialogue, Q&As, and more. Also see: NARRATIVE.
Model Tank
Model building was considered nerdy, but I didn’t care.
Death Mask
Nabokov wrote a poem about her. Rilke mentioned her in his only novel.
Gold Braces
I started flashing my teeth like a cheerleader in a yearbook headshot.
Session: R/D/E
A session devoted to the past, present, and future of RDE.
Hand Chair
I refuse to get rid of the Hand.
Volvo Key
My name was on the registration found in the getaway car.
Telephone
You could slam the receiver down to hang up on someone.
Shoelace Belt
“Dude,” he said to me, “you look ridiculous."
Fedora
I sought to be as normal and unremarkable as a John le Carré spy.
Session: Covid Codes
A session devoted to a recent global audit of Coronavirus coding…
Skataway Jacket
Helena’s gang was the cream of 1970s Hollywood.
Pince-Nez
“Wow — that’s the most pretentious thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Knee-High Boots
Being trans requires a certain level of defiance.