Tolkien has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, but it'd been probably a decade or more since I last read the books, so I figured I'd give it a go.
That Old Joke
Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies
Almost
When you think about it, nothing ever almost happens.
On Voting: A Repost, With Commentary
I've gone back and forth about whether to publish this, but it feels frivolous to publish anything else right now and disingenuous to publish something more optimistic.
What Was Made and How
sand is a letter
Some Thoughts on Art, Suffering, and “Magnolia”
I recently found myself thinking about the debate around art and suffering, how we tend to glorify the suffering artist in a way that normalizes unhealthy behaviors and fetishizes trauma, and yet the undeniable fact that some great art has come from great personal suffering, and it's hard to imagine those works coming into being otherwise.
A Response to That Harper’s Letter
On July 7, 2020, Harper's Magazine published an anonymous letter titled, "A Letter on Justice and Open Debate."
Same Day, Different Day
These days the days bleed together not along with but into the weekends
Abolish the Police: A Journey
What follows is a (by no means comprehensive) collection of accessible online sources related to police abolition.
Office Hours Special Edition: That Time I Did a Racism
The Assignment: Write a persona poem. (Uh-oh.)
Certain of Eventual Failure 