From the Archive
“The man read and read, moving his lips; now and then his whole body started moving and then the words entered him like spirits, and began to work their mischief.”
“Stephen suggested that they have sex on the kitchen table but Susan declined. She hadn’t brushed her teeth yet.”
“The man was writing like his typewriter was on fire and in flaming succession produced three books that have been called a trilogy through proximity alone.”
“I was supposed to middle-man these people into a situation of potential annoyance—if not harassment? Me? The poor kid from Jersey?”
“When the baddest bitch in the room makes you feel seen you never forget it.”
“We shall see the deer as part of the trunks of the forest. // We shall see its antlers imitating the branches of the trees.”
“in a world / the orange sun / resets / a recessed darkness”
This portfolio renders a selection of the vinyl records Smith plays to begin each session of the undergraduate studio course she teaches at UCLA.