in which I was worried that a poem invested in the particulars of my life would be uninteresting--that the "ordinary" would be mundane
"What was once a historical chronicle has become a cautionary tale
Christmas has just passed and the city is preparing to celebrate New Year when
Academics have never been her thing
destruction and adventure in her novel Love in the Time of Global Warming
I'm Just a Person Ria Brodell in which I was worried"As with the best comedy I'm Just a Person is not just about fighting pain with laughter it's about love, strength, and the very stuff that makes us human." Out Magazine One of America's most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany. In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her