“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Explosions | By Puma Perl On July 4th, 2020, my accountant’s partner called to let me know my taxes were ready and then […]
“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quiet Like the Cat | By Puma Perl I heard footsteps at my door It was just my neighbor, midnight wandering the […]
“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a preface to this week’s poem (which appears in her current book, “Birthdays Before and After,” Puma Perl notes: This week, I participated […]
Graphic Artist/Entrepreneur seems a fitting encore, when your resume already includes Broadway actor (Cabaret), musician (musical director for Charles Busch), composer (Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan), house flipper, political activist, author (Laid Bare) and, for a couple of years, adult film star “Gus Mattox.” It was during the building of Gus’ fan website that Tom Judson—the man […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | It will be impossible for me to review Disclosure objectively, because it is a resoundingly authentic documentary about transgender actors in the film and TV industry. And, when I’m not working as a writer, I’m an actress. The performers interviewed in Disclosure include Laverne Cox, Candis Cayne, MJ Rodriguez, and others, […]
“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dreamers Dream | By Puma Perl Every day is beautiful, proving again that life does not care, it has a mind of its […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The bad news: We’ve been shut in for months, and we’re feeling shack-wacky. The good news: If you can read this, you have access to an astonishing variety of dance, theater, music, and film—much of it free, right on your computer or phone. Presenters from all over the city, the country, […]
“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Outbursts, Real and Imaginary| By Puma Perl Several times this past week, I burst into tears. It feels more like sneezing than crying. Brief, […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | With live performances postponed indefinitely, the city’s nonprofit theaters have become, in recent days, “comfort stations,” offering bathrooms, water, and Wi-Fi for protesters taking to the streets in support of Black Lives. Choreographer Bill T. Jones, artistic director of Chelsea’s New York Live Arts, offers another kind of comfort, opening his […]
“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sixth Stage of Grief | By Puma Perl Part I At first, there were no dreams Just a jagged jet lagged sleep Hours […]