I turn off the unholiness that is cable newsand cue the music, but it’s all wrong—endless notes strung like garlandsof wrecked memories, love songs, breakupsongs, dance songs. Silence is worse,so I settle on the eternal balm of Laura Nyro. Then “Lonely Women” comes on, and I rush in to fast-forward to the next song.I pick […]
Diane Elayne Dees
Diane Elayne Dees lives in Covington, Louisiana. Her chapbooks I Can’t Recall Exactly When I Died and Coronary Truth are forthcoming from Clare Songbirds Publishing and Kelsay Books, respectively. She publishes Women Who Serve, a blog that delivers news and commentary on women’s professional tennis throughout the world. Her author blog is Diane Elayne Dees: Poet and Writer-at-Large.