Welcome to vessels: an exercise in storytelling. Here you’ll find short fiction, poems, and narrative nonfiction of the kind that is often called the personal essay.
Some of my most popular entries have been a journey through all my former New York apartments, the decision to go on antidepressants, opening up to being more kind, and the psychological perils of taking a bird personality test.
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vessel (n) a ship or large boat; a hollow container; a duct; any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root.
