This Week's Writing 10/28/23
Added 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0000 UTCHello all! Another week come and gone; thanks for sticking with me. And here’s what I published!
If you read one thing by me this week, read:
“Don’t Say,” a collage of made of LGBT writers’ words about silence. (Saint Paul Almanac)
Politics
On Ken Buck’s brief flirtation with principle. (Public Notice)
For Trump, power means getting away with crimes. (Independent)
GOP chaos is not a Trump Plot. (EIH)
Cultural Criticism
Racism is the real horror in Tananarive Due’s new ghost story, The Reformatory. (Observer)
Jack Kirby and the villains who control creativity. (EIH)
In Invincible, superheroes oppose prisons…sort of. (EIH)
The 25 best albums of the 1960s. (EIH)
Index to best albums of the decade posts. (EIH)
Poetry
Adulting stumble poem. (Five Fleas)
I have failed at forms.
I have failed at tooth.
I have failed at these other forms.
I have succeeded at consequences.
Autistic dada poem. (dadakuku)
One Thing
1. There is one thing on my list.
1. First make a list.
1. There is one thing on my list.
1. First make a list.
1. There is one thing on my list.
1. First make a list.
Comments
I think it's my favorite of the novels of hers I've read (which I think is 3 now. but still!)
2023-10-28 17:58:26 +0000 UTCI love the "silence" poem. "The Reformatory" is a great horror novel. The supernatural part is the least scary thing about it. American history is grotesque enough.
Jendi Reiter
2023-10-28 17:51:43 +0000 UTC
