The Roxy Letters

by Mary Pauline Lowry

“Stop complaining. Stop being so wishy-washy. You want the power? Take it.”

“Getting back together with an ex-boyfriend is like eating your own vomit.”

“The fear of not being recognized is a petty fear because the artistic work done in anonymity is often the bravest and most worthy work.” I was crying by that point. I don’t know what had gotten into me. “No. My fear is that I won’t fucking do the work at all.”