As I lurch towards the windshield, I watch the pickup driver’s face. “What that noise?” my toddler asks. I pull his thirty-pound body back to my chest and tighten my grip. I…

I’m just going to look at two sections of Julian’s piece, from his second draft. Here’s what’s happening in these sections, and what my comments focused on: a) There is far too…

Half of the signs along the tarmac road are crossed out.  Driving by, I can make out the names of businesses – Kudu Lodge, Zebra Handicrafts, Njake Oil – only faintly under…

SPRAY PAINTED ABOVE THE WINDOW on a dusty piece of warped scrap metal are the house’s dimensions: 3.2 x 3.7. On each side, old addresses from previous government administrations have been marked…

I am becoming an amateur herbalist, offering unsolicited advice when someone mentions they have a cold. “You should make a tea of cordován, yagruma, oregano, menta, and salvia,” I rattle off to…