Carvell Wallace
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Below Are All The Stories in the You Are Here Series in Chronological Order.

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Friends, readers, fans, random stalkers. I’m so very happy to announce that I’m going to be writing a regular column on…

You Are Here #1: On Staying Black and Dying

Last night I slept for about thirty minutes before startling awake. A single yellow light filtered in through the…

You Are Here #2: Dreaming on Public Buses

I have been lately dreaming of becoming a different person, and of dying. I have been dreaming of the phrase “shuffle…

You Are Here #3: To Let Go of the Hand of The Dying

On the Difference Between Quiet and Silence.

You Are Here #4: There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Sad

I’m a sad person but I also don’t like the way that sounds because it sounds unmanly and embarrassing. When I was a…

You Are Here #5: When To Forgive. And When Not To

You Can Choose To Forgive Others For Hurting You, But How Do You Forgive Yourself For Being Hurt?

You Are Here #6: On Things I Couldn’t Save

How much of things dying is my fault lol….

You Are Here #7: The Old Ones Just Keep Going

On a Day of Celebration, We Decided to Just Keep Riding

You Are Here #8: A Time Of Great Hurtling

On The Hell Of Other People

You Are Here #9: I’m Spending the Next Four Months In Variations of Sleep

On Capitalism, Spirituality, and Sleeping for the Foreseeable Future

You Are Here#10: What It’s Like To Be In A Mall Right Now

The Music Is Going, But That’s About It.

You Are Here #11: I Can’t Stop Watching Live Television

The Ancient Art of Watching Whatever’s On Has Like Real Philosophical Implications?

You Are Here #12: Eight Million Stories

The Following Is a List Of Seemingly Unrelated Things That Have Happened To Me In The Last Week Or So

You Are Here #13: An Ode To The Tracksuit

The Defunct Wardrobe Staple Ends Up Meaning An Entire World To Me

You Are Here #14: It’s Always About Power

The Hypocrisy Is The Point

You Are Here #15: On Buying a Gun

What is the Perfect Weapon for a Break in Shared Reality?

You Are Here #16: The Cost of Putting Harriet Tubman on American Money

I regret to inform you that the politicians are at it again.

You Are Here #17: What Are You Working For?

The Real Meaning of Labor Under Racism

You Are Here #18: How Do You Name A Piece Like This?

Maybe You Don’t

You Are Here# 19: The Underrated Power of a Vacuum Cleaner

I Guess We Can Learn a Lot From Buying An Appliance

You Are Here # 20: When Love Is Impossible

Sometimes it is Neither Patient, Nor Kind.

You Are Here #21: One Little Plant, Alive Again

On Manhood and a Single Little Flower

Carvell Wallace

I write about culture, relationships, and feelings. NYT Mag, MTV News, The New Yorker, GQ, Esquire, Finding Fred Podcast, etc. http://www.carvellwallace.com/