“I think of myself as a good steward of my own self: my brain, my heart, and my body. But not always. Not every day. Not even every year. I choose awful things and actions. Repeatedly, even.” Molly Brodak, Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir When someone is suddenly gone, there is an urge to contribute your version of their existence to the record. I remember when a college friend died in a car crash; I remember someone who I thought was tangential to that person going around telling the story, which was a terrible story. I remember hearing the narrative solidifying as they repeated it over and over, the details turning into narrative beats, and gaining distance from the one who died in doing so. The story congealed into place the more times it was told. Congeal comes from the Latin
sadreads #7: the awful action
sadreads #7: the awful action
sadreads #7: the awful action
“I think of myself as a good steward of my own self: my brain, my heart, and my body. But not always. Not every day. Not even every year. I choose awful things and actions. Repeatedly, even.” Molly Brodak, Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir When someone is suddenly gone, there is an urge to contribute your version of their existence to the record. I remember when a college friend died in a car crash; I remember someone who I thought was tangential to that person going around telling the story, which was a terrible story. I remember hearing the narrative solidifying as they repeated it over and over, the details turning into narrative beats, and gaining distance from the one who died in doing so. The story congealed into place the more times it was told. Congeal comes from the Latin