ISHAM COOK

“I first saw her one spring day on my way to afternoon coffee near People’s University.”

“To seize the event, lock its meat and bones in my jaws and relax into the thing.”


“Success is never haphazard but only ever proceeds from comprehensive and systematic attack.”

“Kind of like Hot Wheels and tits and the Day of Judgment all rolled into one.”

“Each new walk down the stretch was charged with expectation, at once a cornucopia and a minefield of possibilities.”