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May 16, 13 •
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Columns, May/June 2013, Ponderlust •
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By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly The late morning sun pushes through the gaps in the drawn blinds, casting irregularly shaped vertical bars of light across the bedroom wall in front of me. The cheap, apartment-issued window covering, already distorted from regular...
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Apr 18, 13 •
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April/May 2013, Columns, Ponderlust •
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By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly I take a deep breath and type “How to make a decision” into the search bar on my boss’s computer. It’s not uncommon for me to work from her desk. As the director of the university’s international education programming, she...
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Mar 21, 13 •
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March/April 2013, Ponderlust •
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Written on the body By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly I have a complicated relationship with reflective surfaces. When we’re alone together, I can’t get enough of them. But make us share a public space and I’ll pretend we’ve never met. See, I’m not proud of...
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Feb 20, 13 •
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Columns, February/March 2013, Ponderlust •
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You don’t have to like it, but we’re gonna put a ring on it By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly “Are you mafia?” I ask, searching the hazel eyes across the table for a sign. “You’ve been awfully quiet. What are you hiding?” “Nope.” Short and...
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Jan 16, 13 •
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Columns, January/February 2013, Ponderlust •
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Stepping into the sky By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly I am sitting on the bedroom floor, tarot cards spread out in front of me. I’m not sold on this approach to knowing, but I figure if anyone’s capable of reading my mind it ought to be me. And so, I take a deep...