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REALISTIC STORY / UNREALISTIC STORY
"This is a realistic story about terrorism and human suffering and human fear!" b/w "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out…
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What is an 'Internet Novel'? (b/w The Sluts)
Thoughts on what makes an 'internet novel' and why our literary landscape can't seem to see itself, leading into why DC's The Sluts = one of the GOATs
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Birthing
Free writing while not listening to the new Swans album because it has too much language
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Postmodernism Isn't Scary: David Markson's Reader's Block
An hour's lecture on Markson's style and affect as it pertains to boundary-making and bending narrative possibility.
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May 2025

The Top 10 Worst Beatles Songs
How did everything get so bad? Maybe because a panty-wetting UK boy band was allowed to become the corporate ideal for all artistic expression to come
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4 Blurbs for 2025
A roundup of some recent blurbs I've written with passing thoughts on blurbs in general
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Maximizing Time for Writing - Part 2: Creating and sustaining motivation
Broad-eyed notes toward thinking about the short steps and modes of thinking that make up a long path into the arts
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Maximizing Time for Writing - Part 1
Macro-level thoughts about creating and sustaining a writing practice over time
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The Top 10 Most Frequently Played Songs On Several Famous Authors’ iTunes
JSF <3s "Hey Ya," JCO <3s Rudimentary Peni, Franz Wright <3s himself, and some other shiz
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April 2025

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