Why I Set Fire to a School Bus
On the mysticism of sports
John Paul Brammer
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'The Odyssey' Is the Song of the Summer
But should you lash yourself to the mast, or invest in beeswax?
Apology
Remorse, defense, and the power of forgiveness
On Performative Reading
Language, resentment, magic, and morals.
On Being Cooked, and It Being Over for Me
Time, comparison, and thieves.
America’s Greatest Work of Art Is Trash
Alternative title: FEAR NOT
Stuff I’ve Read. And what I think!
Recommendations and field notes from a hungry reader
How I Learned to Read Way, Way More
I had to rethink my relationship to attention
Confessions of a People-Pleaser
On the unpleasantness of being very, very pleasant
Regionally-Specific Award-Winning Short Story
Precise and richly evocative and timely as well