A Record of People Who Lived
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
Book Review: The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams
This was my first meeting with Eley Williams, the punchy Brit whose The Liar’s Dictionary, found its way onto my shelf this past week. By...
- Nov 11, 2021
- 9 min
- Oct 29, 2021
- 5 min
Beat the Bastard Back: On Ego
Book releases, I’ve found, are a little like birthdays. For a few days people are going to notice something you’ve accomplished (in the...
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
The Manic Side
Eventually, it breaks. Eventually, after months or years of chipping away the thing breaks through and you’re where you want to be. This...
- Aug 5, 2021
- 3 min
Down with the Ship: Writing on Writing
This process has been agonizing. I am now on the fourth rewrite of a work that's bloomed into 67,000 words worth of dread. The story is...
- Apr 15, 2021
- 4 min
Everything is Awful
Congratulations. You have nineteen people at your party and all of them are having a good time. It’s not every day, or for that matter...
- Apr 13, 2021
- 3 min
- Mar 16, 2021
- 5 min
- Nov 6, 2020
- 4 min
Election Week
What a truly American week. The time has come to see if the Nation of Wealth and Privilege can withstand a fractured home. Having grown...
- Sep 15, 2020
- 5 min
Lobsterhead Sees the Devil
It’s ironic that they call him that obviously, cause like, it’s radio, and how do they know what he even looks like? But they know the...
- Jul 9, 2020
- 4 min
- May 26, 2020
- 6 min
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
McGuire’s
The door creaks open when you come in, and there are 3 heavy chairs, two of which are occupied. This is a place of men, like a hardware...
- Apr 20, 2020
- 8 min
A Case for the Pen: What Writing has Taught Me So Far
This is a bit on self-awareness, one that I’ll surely find myself writing again at 30, and at 50, and if I’m lucky, multiple times beyond...
- Mar 25, 2020
- 6 min
A Requiem for Opinion: Being Right vs. Being Thoughtful
Let me convince you of an issue that you knew about but didn’t REALLY know about. I really want you to see this as I see it! Here is...
- Mar 18, 2020
- 5 min
Coming Down: Our Taste of Sobriety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
There is a reason that the dog that wanders tends to return home, because it has become accustomed to a certain quality of life, and...
- Mar 9, 2020
- 4 min
- Feb 29, 2020
- 4 min
