ESSAYS/NEWS
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The Courthouse Across the Street
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There is a building on Holden Street in North Adams, Massachusetts, that has had exactly two clerk-magistrates in forty-eight years. Mark Trottier ran it from…
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The Renumbering
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Or: How I Proposed a Data Center in Adams, Massachusetts, and Discovered That the Street Numbers Were Just the Beginning I should have remembered the…
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The Interview
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On tambourines, portfolios, and the difference between a town that already knows your grandmother and a city that wants to know your handicap. In Hong…
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How Adams Lost Its Christmas Spirit Twice
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When I was seven years old, the town of Adams, Massachusetts, strung lights on Park Street for the last time. I did not know it…
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The Fixed Point
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Memory The Fixed Point A restaurant closes. A life stays there. There is a legal concept called a fixture. It means something affixed to property…
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The Queue
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On lines, waiting, and the quiet agreement that other people exist. In Adams, Massachusetts, where I am from, where the population hovers around eight thousand…
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The System
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The ritual has steps. Everyone who has ever lived in a small town in Massachusetts has stood behind that woman at the convenience store. You…
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The Thirty-Seven Steps and the Wooden Clog
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A reflective essay on shoes, identity, marriage, and the selves we carry between Adams and Hong Kong.
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The Kid on the Train, the Jawbreaker, and the Sticker on the Window
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A reflective essay on trust, childhood freedom, and why Hong Kong can feel safer than the place you grew up.