What do we owe each other?
Writing about the harm we carry, the systems we live in, and the people we choose to become.
A little irreverence. Some difficult questions.
Anthony Curtis
Writer & occasional overthinker
I write personal essays, memoir, and speculative fiction. I keep returning to empathy, responsibility, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. Sometimes that involves grief. Sometimes it involves a tentacled alien and a corporate starship.
Start here
Four essays. Four ways into Radical Kindness. Start with the neighbor piece for a question you can take into your day, or follow whichever thread catches you.
There’s more in the archive: lived experience, cultural detours, and the everyday work of taking each other seriously.
Explore the essay archive · Ethics: Foundations
Books & contact
Books & professional contact · Author website
AI & authorship
All essay and manuscript prose is written by me. I do not use AI to generate or rewrite it.
I use AI for critique, research assistance, and technical work, including developing this website. The language, voice, and editorial decisions in my writing are my own. I remain responsible for the accuracy of what I publish.
AI also assisted with this website’s design and promotional copy.
You can always be better tomorrow.
New personal essays, moral questions, and occasional undead complications.
