Jesse Kohn is a storyteller, dream journalist, and songwriter from Santa Fe. “After the Eye Surgery” is the opening chapter of a manuscript called the book of webs. He holds an MFA from Brown and is a PhD Student at the University of Utah, where he is a prose editor for Quarterly West. His writing has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, Sleepingfish, Bomb, and elsewhere. He also sings in the bands Mount Desert Island and Laughing Branches.