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“It’s the dancer’s leap on the downbeat that gives the illusion of flight.” (Will Cordeiro on Presto)

“It’s the dancer’s leap on the downbeat that gives the illusion of flight.” (Will Cordeiro on Presto)

Bang, the universe began—and ended. A cosmos is reduced to an epigram. Narrative allows us to dash through eternity as quick as a quantum leap.

The Presto Letters

The Presto Letters

In an older sense of the word, to understand means “to stand among.” When I need to understand anything, I often stand among songs.

Literature, Music, SelectionsTopaz WintersJune 16, 2024William Shakespeare, Noname, Johnny Cash, Jonathan Biss, Sylvia Plath, Erik Satie, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ovid, Alanis Morissette, Chet Baker, Bleachers

The Synaesthesia Letters (A Selection)

The Synaesthesia Letters (A Selection)

When a poem reaches its most potent limits, I consider it reaching into the state of song.

Music, Selections, LiteratureTopaz WintersJuly 26, 2021Wislawa Szymborska, love letters, Gustav Mahler, Igor Levit, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lyle Lovett, Elvis Costello, the Smiths, Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, Failure

VI: Interlude | Searchlight Song: "Breathing Exercises"

VI: Interlude | Searchlight Song: "Breathing Exercises"

The great pause in my life is the way I am constantly forgetting to breathe. As such, I must always remind myself.

Columns, Music, Personal EssayElizabeth Ruth DeyroNovember 5, 2018Vic Fuentes, Pierce the Veil, Vincent van Gogh, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sylvia Plath, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, Alex Gaskarth, Kellin Quinn, Chester Bennington, Gerard Way, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, searchlight song