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I have always been driven to create and inspire through language. Here, you will find a collection of stories and poems that explore the raw edges of human connection, culture, and resilience.
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“Lex Santí has a poet’s heart, his work is a wonder.”
— Cara Hoffman, author of Running, Be Safe I Love You, and So Much Pretty
(Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, and The Paris Review.)*
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My Apple Playlists, My iPod and the music behind The Song of the Midnight Rider
Lex E. Santí, My old iPod is sitting on my desk again, or at least it will be when the charger arrives. I ordered it on eBay without thinking too hard about why, the way you sometimes reach for something instinctively, like calling an old number you’re not sure still works. I know the playlists are still on it. A while back, I hacked the battery and upgraded it. I even tried to buy a mod for a Bluetooth plugin and then gave up. I'm looking forward to having it in my life aga


Where Do the Mosquitoes Go?
On fingerprints, snapping turtles, and the grace of small mercies Lex E. Santí · A Key Therapy LCSW, PLLC I was late. It was raining. The drive to Odessa is a little windy going from Tburg, and I had somewhere to be — the kind of official somewhere that does not forgive tardiness: fingerprints and a background check, the formal machinery of a New Jersey license, another state in the slow accumulation of permissions that will let me do the work I’ve been doing for years. You k


TV Shows that Inspired the Song of the Midnight Rider
Lex E Santí, A Key Therapy LCSW, PLLC There are shows that pass through your life like a rest stop on the highway — you pull in, get what you need, pull out, and forget the exit number by the next mile marker. And then there are shows that stay with you — not because they're prestige television or because someone told you they were important, but because they did something to you. They changed the way you see. The way you drive, metaphorically speaking. The way you sit with
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