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Shaky Saturn, you're my guy
October 5, 2023
Hi friends, I wrote a new blog post that you might enjoy. Because you're cool and signed up for my newsletter, you get to learn about it first. Shaky Saturn,...
I did not choose the succulent life
September 29, 2023
Hi friends, I wrote a new blog post that you might enjoy. It's about how I got tricked into filling my house with succulents by Big Succulent. There are a...
A poem for the fall equinox
September 23, 2023
Hi friends, You may ask, how can this be, two posts in one week? Well, it's a special occasion, the Autumnal Equinox, and I thoutght it would be nice to...
Thinking about thinking about the Roman Empire
September 22, 2023
Hi friends, I wrote a new blog post about, yes, for a change, a real trending topic. Everybody is thinking about the Roman Empire this week because of a...
The Gate of Pinecones
September 15, 2023
Hi friends, I wrote a new blog post that you might enjoy. It’s a poem about choosing to do something dangerous on purpose. I also talk a little bit about the...
Hair metal fantasy Cymbeline in McLaren Park
September 7, 2023
Hi friends, I wrote a new blog post that you might enjoy. Normally I post on Fridays or very late on Thursday, but I'm sending this one sooner because it's...
The inner life manifest as supernatural in The Shining
August 31, 2023
Hi there, I wrote a thing. Like, just a few minutes ago. I thought I'd tell you about it here first. The inner life manifest as supernatural in The Shining:...
Haunted manuals, or hauntology and bitrot
August 27, 2023
Hi friends, I always forget something. Like I forgot to send a newsletter when there was a new blog post for (checks watch) almost two months. Oops. Sorry...
Can we imagine magic without words? plus a book review of the Chronicles of Tornor
June 11, 2023
Hi friends, Happy Pride Month! I have two new blog posts to share with you. One is about magic and one is about gay magic. Can we imagine magic that isn’t...
These streets aren’t made for walking, but that's just what we'll do
May 29, 2023
Content warning: The linked post has a description of a person driving a car hitting a person walking. Hi friends, I went to Los Angeles for the Memorial Day...
A walk through the presidio and science-fiction murder mysteries
May 21, 2023
Hi friends, I wrote a new blog post that you might enjoy. I also realized that the newsletter I sent last week didn't have a working link. Oops! Sorry about...
Science-fiction murder mysteries by Jack Vance and Arkady Martine
May 14, 2023
Hi friends, I wrote a new blog post that you might enjoy. If you joined this newsletter back when it was called Angry About Literature, well, here's one...
One bug may hide another: Debugging my garden, metaphorically and literally
May 7, 2023
Hi friends, This week's blog post is about gardening, in the sense that I am digging up patches of dirt and putting plants in them. Except, instead of tasty...
Fragments from the first year of the plague
April 30, 2023
Hi friends, The latest blog post is a collection of fragments of poetry and drawings. Even if you're not 100% into poetry, you might want to check it out for...
What's your tactical ballgown?
April 22, 2023
Hi friends, I wrote a new blog post that you might enjoy. I just finished reading Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders. It's the last novel...
A sort of review of The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
April 14, 2023
Hi friends! Well, it seems I'm sending this newsletter every Saturday after the Friday when I publish a blog post. I hope you don't mind the delay terribly....
Logocentrism again? Yes, it's another post about Derrida
April 7, 2023
Hi friends, I posted a new piece on my blog. This week, I take you along with me on my Columbo-like journey of bumbling confusion to figure out what the heck...
What is the place of the potato in the great chain of being?
March 31, 2023
Hello friends, In the last two weeks, you replied to let me know that you'd like to get an email when I post something new to my blog. Well, I have posted...
Not Strictly Speaking Literature
November 9, 2017
Oh hello. It's been a while, hasn't it. Well you wouldn't believe the stuff in my drafts folder. There is definitely still some literature I have to write...
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