LOVE AS VIOLENCE VS LOVE AS SOFTNESS

Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

Kaveh Akbar, from “Despite My Efforts Even My Prayers Have Turned into Threats“

“She wanted a storm to match her rage.”

— George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows (via wordsnquotes)

“Rage, maybe rage would lift me up, make me stand, make me walk—”

— Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (via antigonick)

Adonis, from “A Bridge of Tears”, Selected Poems

hunted by the narrative

hares on the mountain, traditional folk song // art by jen mazza

sparrow for a heart, abigal lappell // art by barbara bokoto-tomala

newcastle, traditional folk song // artist unknown

if i was a painter, lisa o'neill // art by claudia barbu

ashamed, deer tick // art by nicolas samori

i wish my baby was born, traditional folk song // artist unknown

hard wired, shakey graves // art by miles johnston

- Andrea Gibson

David Foster Wallace // Mary Oliver

~ Ocean Vuong, On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous