"This poem was about a trip my family took to Yellowstone when I was in middle school. I was surrounded by so much beauty for the first time, but I couldn’t enjoy any of it because I was very depressed. This was the first time I realized I had mental illness, but I didn’t know the words “depression” or “anxiety.” I didn’t have the language for the experience yet. I do now." William Fargason on "Ash on the Tongue" |
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"A Conversation with Carolyn Forché" "At the moment, what I’m witnessing is a global collective experience. Most of humanity has never seen this before. It’s on a scale that is unprecedented for us. I’m keeping watch, I’m keeping vigil. I’m trying to record within myself what it feels to be in such a time, what I’m observing in myself and in others and in the world." viaON THE SEAWALL |
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