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Despite someone calling me one because I have this problem with fascists, I am not a bot. What a strange thing to argue about. No one should like fascists, right? The New Quarterly offered me an opportunity to record a...
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My Sunday Confession
My Sunday confession: I remember when writing used to be a hobby. Have you ever had a hobby? This is the definition of ‘hobby’: an activity ...
Wolf Alice Takes the Stage
When I first heard Wolf Alice’s “Blush”, I don’t know that I really heard the song. It caught my attention in a background-kind-of-way. I think ...
A Review of Three Short Pieces
Herein, I provide a review of three short pieces, Tanya Rivonne Ward’s “It’s Temporary”, Vincent Anioke’s “Finite Automata”, and Paola Ferrante’s “A Residual Haunt of ...
My Favourite Place to Write
I’ve written stories on airplanes, boats, trains, in the backseat of a Volkswagen van, in a basement closet, on the roof of a shitty student ...
Make Belief: How do you know if your writing is any good?
A problem I have is not understanding if my writing is any good. I hear from writers that pieces they really liked are the ones ...
My Wedding Ring Doesn’t Fit
When a wedding ring doesn’t fit, you go the mall and explain to a woman in a jewellery store that you need it taken in, ...
A Clutch of Ideas
Ideas come in braces or clutches to me, often when I’m doing the following things: a) showering (don’t be gross) b) long-distance biking (I put ...
Andor Finally Admits What Star Wars is About
Star Wars never truly admits what it is, but Andor finally has. I just watched the first three episodes of Season 2 of Andor, the ...
Songs of the 90s: Writing Fuel
The songs of the 90s included some that never hit the mainstream but that are so big and epic and powerful, that they inspire me ...