Cara Benson
Cara Benson’s writing has been published in The New York Times, Boston Review, Best American Poetry, The Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and the bpNichol Award. WHAT WOULD EMMA GOLDMAN DO? is her current work in progress.
Today is an anti-fracking rally at the state capitol. I am trying to think of just the right sign to make as if the language could save us.
It happens that you’ve decided to walk around like a woman. You think this will be fun, but what exactly do you mean? It’s crazy, but already you feel like a fraud.