Dear Dorigen,  So, I came across this video, and it sent me on a journey. I thought, “Oh, a new The Green Knight movie, and with an all-female cast?! Fabulous!” I loved the 2021 version, so why not…

from a brass keyhole we’re shown a tiny knife cutting tiny onions in a cardboard kitchen, where a family audience drinks from empt...

Dear Dorigen, Today I’m wearing a sweatshirt in a color that perfectly mixes our autumn palette’s Kingfisher and Marine Navy, with a hint of Peacock. Some might say it’s just turquoise. I say it’s …

The singular vine doesn’t climb the house. It’s rooted eight feet away, stretching across the bramble backyard, angling upwards to point to ...

a response to Katrina’s “forever is finite: brick and mortar nostalgia" In dressing rooms, I try on clothes and listen for sounds of mothers...

I’m too old and not old enough to tie pieces of my hair in two ribbon bows, one on each side of my head like a child preparing for a perform...

And then we heard scratching in the walls.  The noises began after a large flock of birds flew from our roof in an all-at-once theatrical fl...

Faux fur-lined socks, boots, hats, gloves, leggings, everything itchy—a simulacrum of warmth—traces of blush on my puffer coat collar. I’d r...

Some nail polishes stay put.  A distinguished wedding guest ritual eventually becomes an outgrowth of burgundy—waning nubs: slop. Evidence. ...

This dress is two, maybe three sizes too small for me. With the tag still on, I pluck it from the front of my closet and fantasize about pee...

Dear Dorigen, After over a year, I’m still figuring out how to best navigate life as a Soft Autumn. Muted earth tones are very hard to find outside of a sandy beach. Like, when picturing a brown to…

I aspire to dress like I’ve been plucked from some rain-soaked, classy-violent city in the 1970s or from a ragtag spaceship on its way to a ...

Disease Is a Mirror: A Lyric Memoir - Kindle edition by Greenquist, Emily. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highl...

On September 29, 2024, WZRD Chicago radio featured an interview and sound collage with author, Emily Greenquist, including excerpts and discussion of Disease...