My boyfriend broke up with me on Christmas.
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! My boyfriend and I had a perfect Christmas with a Venezuelan meal, a fire pit, and dancing. But that night, he broke […]
Women Talking: When Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Part
Originally a novel written by Miriam Toews, the film Women Talking, directed by Sarah Polley, won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2023 Academy Awards. (Photo: Michael Gibson/Orion Pictures) Want to listen […]
I Moved into a Trailer Park as an Empty Nester — And I Love It
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! I had two kids in high school and a beautiful house on a hill when I got divorced more than a decade ago. Because […]
Living the Glam Life
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! Hi, my name is Tamara, and I’m the owner of Glambulance, the prettiest darn ambulance you’ll ever meet. She’s a girl, and I […]
I am an accumulator of lots of cheap beautiful things: Dottie Lasky, poet and teacher, interviewed by Tamara MC
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! Dorothea Lasky is an American poet, born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 27, 1978. She earned her MFA in Poetry from […]
“Menstruation” by Tamara MC
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! Menstruation My missing menses— Years… Friends we were. Years… she then disappeared. Years… Missing my menses— Link to original article
Khan el-Khalili, White, Texas, Pink Enamel
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! Khan el-Khalili © 2010Until you have experienced Khan el-KhaliliSmack dab in the center of Al’Qahira, Cairo you have not livedThe heat in […]
OK Cupid Love
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! Each night, for five nights, before I went to bed, I imagined him. I imagined exactly what he would look like. He […]
Save Your Appetite For Me
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! I am: Curing I am: Being brined in salt I am: Marinating in ginger I am: Roasting with peppers I am: Baking […]
Subaltern Schizophrenia
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! Tamara MC—Poetry I’m nobody, who are you?— Emily Dickinson Diss-HER-tation speaking: I am a collage. I am a woven fabric. I am past. […]