In his sophomore book, Adam Silvera examines grief and loss with devastating scrutiny. History is All You Left Me centers on Griffin, who is torn between a past where he's in love with his first boyfriend, Theo, and a present in which Theo drowned while swimming with his new boyfriend, Jackson. To make matters worse, … Continue reading History is All You Left Me – Book Review
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Aural Autumn: Weep
Music that lingers with me is hard to come by. However, songs that strike a chord with my soul remind me of one simple truth: feeling pain, remorse, and defeat isn't a bad thing. There is closure to be found in the melancholic. Peace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGqvg8XRwgk&start_radio=1&list=RDWGqvg8XRwgk Weep. We've all done our fair share of that. For … Continue reading Aural Autumn: Weep
Things of Beauty Burn
In writing, we discover that things of beauty burn. Tonight, I'm inspired by Hammock yet again. Their song "Things of Beauty Burn" has inspired me to reflect on what it means to write about loss. Every great story has equal parts success and defeat, bitterness and hope. For this reason, I write to embrace what … Continue reading Things of Beauty Burn
Aural Autumn: Repine
Welcome back to my Aural Autumn series! It feels good to be back on track with my weekly music posts. While many of them will be weighty and very personal to me, you can also expect for me to share a decent number of songs that are uplifting. Hopefully they will also stoke your own … Continue reading Aural Autumn: Repine
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Grief is my war. It is my greatest equalizer. It uses me as its vessel to bring the busy world down to its knees and say, "Do you see this? Do you feel this?" It is the closest thing I have to stopping time and holding on to the hope that there will never be … Continue reading Untitled
A Eulogy for my Dad
I said goodbye to my father, Richard Calzada, on June 20, 2015. Standing on the border between this life and the next, I'm seeing now with unmatched clarity just how much love he carried in to this world. My father gave. To his family, to causes for all and beliefs that were true to his … Continue reading A Eulogy for my Dad
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