1. Two men sit near the fountain in Bryant Park, one spring afternoon. Their metal chairs are pulled close; the men incline toward each oth...

“Monster.” The man is kneeling on the floor as he speaks, hands on his thighs, back erect. His eyes are transfixed several feet away, betwee...

I’m surprised by the fauxhawk covering the middle third of his skull. It’s a soft landing strip of copper-colored down, a number three buzz ...

After midnight, the busiest part of the ship isn’t the Lido buffet, or the party happening poolside, or the piano bar across from the casino...

“Oh my god.” I can’t see the man around the corner, but I’m pretty certain that anyone in a two-hundred-foot radius can hear his light tenor...

It’s the end of the year, and I’m a little thoughtful of late. So if you’ll allow it, I’d like to compose a couple of meditations on forgive...

“Let me wrap my legs around you.” I’ve got the man’s ankles resting on my shoulders, the soles of his feet nearly parallel with the ceilin...