Birthday Letters

Dear Oral Surgeon About to Extract My Mother’s Teeth This Morning:
You will have your drill in her mouth at the very minute I was born. She called to warn me last night. She is in such pain, and this is the only time her appointment could be scheduled—though she felt bad that it would occur [...]

Writing at Night

I have always been a morning writer. That’s what I tell myself: I am most creative first thing in the morning and that is that.
But…
Last night I was writing when it was dark outside. I could see the night through the windows—the lit-up buildings across the way, what little could be caught of the night [...]