The New Negroni

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Assistant Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY, living in NYC / “It’s really hard not to mention, llamas.”

“RACE-DAY READY STARTS HERE HYROX MEMBERSHIPS AT CHAKA CROSSFIT” Omari wears an orange hat, glasses, a chain and green shorts as he pushes a sled in a hyrox competition
Although Ulysses was not yet widely available at the time—its initial print runs were minuscule and it would be banned repeatedly by censorship boards—Eliot was writing in defense of a novel already broadly disparaged as immoral, obscene, formless, and chaotic. His friend Virginia Woolf had described it in her diary as “an illiterate, underbred book … the book of a self-taught working man, & we all know how distressing they are.”
My mom and dads wedding photo at Flushing Meadows Corona Park
“Anti-Slavery Measures in the Constitution: Despite its reputation for compromising on slavery and allowing it to continue, two of the three clauses on slavery in the Constitution were anti-slavery measures. Article I, Section 9 allowed states to end slave importations while prohibiting Congress from banning the practice until 1808even while extending its power of taxation to slave imports. The three-fifths compromise (Article I, Section 2) decreased slave power representation in the House (in both the North and South) by refusing to allow slaves to be counted as whole persons in the census.”
Omari at the gym wearing a tank top showing a bit of midriff as he scratches the top of his head
Omari at the gym wearing a black tank that says “puta” and green shorts
An image of LaGuardia airport terminal C with no line at TSA and no ICE agents
NYT headline from 8:29 AM: “Strong Hiring Likely Continued Early This Year”
Omari at the gym
Otis the mini schnauzer
My black and tan Shiba Inu named Marzipan lies on the couch with a cute and forlorn look off camera
Picture of a canon AE- program with a lens cap that says “The Official 35mm Camera of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games”
Omari holds up a “Queens Votes Early” sticker on his way out from the polls
Omari taking a selfie with a “Zohran for New York City” on the back of his gym tee
When asked what syndrome Reese Witherspoon has, AI says “imposter syndrome.”
Princess Diana in purple northwestern sweatshirt and white bike shorts
Gavin Newsom being and looking like a dick
Omari yet again taking selfies at the gym
Omari pretending to be buff in a gym mirror and holding a forest green water bottle
Omari wearing a red beanie and winter gear in front of several portraits on a light pink wall
Omari wearing yellow sunglasses and a white shirt with flowers on it in Central Park
Omari drinking a margarita on the beach wearing yellow sunglasses
Omari in mirror “flexing” right arm at the gym
Omari taking a selfie in a mirror in a bookstore
Daffodils emerging from dead leaves.
Screenshot of tickets for Moby dick the opera.
Marzipan the Shiba Inu lying down like a burrito
Omari in the snow with a beard full of snow
Sarah Chihaya and Merve Emre speak in front of an audience at the NYPL
Some asshole has a “Trump won. I know it. You know it.” sticker on their car.
Girl puts on clown makeup
Dogs prance in slow motion at the puppy bowl
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Marzipan the dog lying on her side, mouth open, ferocious
A black and tan Shiba Inu prowls toward the camera
Toni Morrison, On her couch, where she often wrote. April 17, 1974.Credit...Jill Krementz. Published in NYT
Omari standing in front of weights at the gym
A black and tan Shiba Inu looking over a ridge of sheets and a down comforter
Black and tan Shiba Inu standing in the sunlight