I heard the helicopter above my home. The noise lasted for several minutes as I lay in the bathtub. It got louder and louder as if the helicopter were going to ...
Kevin Sampsell lives in Oregon. His writing has appeared in Salon, Hobart, Longreads, Ohio Edit, The Rumpus, Portland Review, Black Candies, Wigleaf, Best Sex Writing 2010, Best American Essays 2013, and elsewhere. His books include the memoir, A Common Pornography (Harper Perennial), a novel, This Is Between Us (Tin House Books), and a forthcoming book of collage art (Clash Books, 2021).