Required Reading
- What’s Your Problem with Joe Biden?
- Dirty Rubles: An Introduction to Trump/Russia (My New Book)
- Youth for the President
- A Summary of the Conspiracy Against the United States
- Trump: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Part 3)
- Postcards from the Resistance, Vol. 8: Mother of All
- From Lance Armstrong to Trump: The Rise & Fall of the Deified Narcissist
- Reading Malcolm X in Texas
- Playing the Donald Trump Game
- President Rapist: Women Under Trump
- An Open Letter to My Fellow Liberals
- The Democrats Can’t Win If They Won’t Fight
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Category Archives: Memoir
Deaths of Distant Friends (or, John Updike Fucking Rocks)
Kurt Baumeister and John Updike met once upon a time. The event probably wasn’t memorable for Updike, but it was for Baumeister. Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Literature, Memoir, Popular Culture
Tagged Deaths of Distant Friends, John Updike, Kurt Baumeister, Memories, Rabbit, Run, The Weeklings
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What the Tumor Left Behind
Litsa Dremousis explores if unfettered optimism in the face of a few mutated cells is what ultimately ended her relationship. Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged alex kuo, Altitude Sickness, Litsa Dremousis, neuro appointments, Neuro ICU, peanut butter cups, pomegranite vinegar
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How Sad the Exodus: Teaching Men’s Creative Writing in a County Jail
Shannon Sankey reflects on her teaching experiences at a county jail. Continue reading
Murphy’s Laws: 46 Infallible Observations on the Occasion of Turning 46
After 46 spins around the sun, you probably haven’t had an especially worthwhile time if you don’t have some opinions you’re willing to stand by. Continue reading
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Tagged 60s, Bach, Beethoven, Capitalism, David Lynch, Dick Cheney, Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, jimi hendrix, Julie Newmar, Libertarianism, Marvin Hagler, MFA, Miles Davis, Mozart, Muhammad Ali, murphy s law, Murphy's Law, Oscar Wilde, Pedro Martinez, Peter O'Toole, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, thelonious monk, Top Gun, Wagner, Werner Herzog
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On Devotion: Cultivating a Creative Life
How does devotion apply to writing, and how does one cultivate a practice out of purposeful repetition? Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged A Strange Catechism, Annie Dillard, Devotion, Justen Ahren, Noepe, Saint Teresa of Avila
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Fender Jazz
I had only recently discovered the glories of a naked body entwined with mine and, like every sex neophyte since time began, I had figured nothing would ever compare. I was wrong. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciations, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, Sex, The Arts
Tagged bildungsroman, Fender Jazz, robert burke warren
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Mourning Becomes Leonora: For a German Shepherd
She is my walk through Brooklyn, my arm toss in the park, my sit on the stoop, my weekend up in the country, my never alone, my not going to die for such a long time it feels like forever, my Lee. Continue reading
Posted in animals, Appreciations, Memoir
Tagged animals, canines, death, dogs, german shepherds, Jana Martin, Love, memoir, pets
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