A History of Running | Valerie Egan

Valerie Egan (she/her) is a writer and multi-disciplinary visual artist born, raised, and living in Portland, Oregon, which rests on the traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Clackamas, Kalapuya, and many other Tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River. Her work has appeared in Voicecatcher, Subjectiv Journal, Cirque Journal, Oregon Humanities magazine, and more.    The Mad Sailorroot deep & remember:snot spleen the trembling thunderclouds puke-green tile kitty litter sucking on thumbs Costco suburbs and it was always rainingexcept in Californiawhere skin broke, bled, burned itself open during its mad dash to DisneylandI hurtled through the doorbefore the car had stoppedScar tissued knees, eyes redThey should have tied me to the ship