Status Updates From Actual Air

"you, on the edge of rainshot shadows,
con the world into lamenting anything
until no one can recall how true stories end."

So far, this is even better than I had been hoping.

"Self-Portrait at 28" just shifted something fundamental within me, my god

I had to get over my hesitation in scribbling on my hardcover copy just bc I feel like I don't want to encroach on anything David Berman ever had to say... But my goodness does he make it difficicult not to sing praises in chickenscratch ink on the margins and among lines I have to underline twice and sketch a star next to. It also took me a bit to prepare myself for this read. His absence still weighs heavily for me

it’s too nice a day to read a novel set in england