Alienation at Home

May 19, 2019May 22, 2019 ~ cafebedouin

"Who is going to be brave enough to ask where home is, and seek out something else if they don't like the answer?"-Hanif Abdurraqib, "Under Half-Lit Fluorescents: The Wonder Years and the Great Suburban Narrative," in "They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us." Columbus, Ohio: Two Dollar Radio, 2017. I remember the moment I … Continue reading Alienation at Home

Home is a Cup of Tea

July 4, 2017July 22, 2017 ~ cafebedouin

"Home is the aggregate of our journeys, a collection of people and places, memories and experiences, each home building on the last. It's the same beauty found in icicles, honeycombs and pearls. But this doesn't happen overnight — like José himself said, in our equation for home, and like Zyah and I would always wait, … Continue reading Home is a Cup of Tea