This Week's Writing 1/9/26

New "from the archive" and "music track of the week" features

The New Year is in swing, for better and mostly worse. I thought as my sort of half-assed resolution I would try to add a little to these weekly wrap up posts. I’m going to try to include every week a “From the Archive” section with a post from the past you might have missed. Also I’m going to try to start posting a music track of the week, sharing something I’m listening to.

The track of the week post will be paywalled, in hopes of encouraging some of you folks who are not paid contributors to become paid contributors? I hate to paywall things, but this seems low key, and I do need people to help out if I am going to keep scribbling and feeding the kitties. It’s $5/month, $50/yr. Help if you can?

Okay, here is what I published this week.

Politics

Trump attacked Venezuela because he’s a fascist bully who loves violence. (Public Notice)

The GOP won’t put country over party because they’re loyal to white supremacy. (EIH)

John Stoehr interviewed me about Epstein, Venezuela, and Trump’s (lack of) invulnerability. (Editorial Board)

Jeffries and Hochul know Zionism is losing. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

Best writing by me in 2025. (EIH)

Best books I read in 2025 not from 2025. (EIH)

Swamp Dogg puts awesome American music on the grill. (Chicago Reader)

It Was Just An Accident is a little disappointing. (EIH)

Poetry

My book of five line poems, Brevity, is now available for free online! (Internet Archive)

—Paper copies are pretty cheap. And consider leaving a review! (Amazon)

I’m reading from my poetry online on January 20! Get free tickets now! (wordsfriends)

Been writing some tanka. (dadakuku)

Tanka for Immediate Release

schedule fun twelve steps
for buy now intimacy
until ATM
campaign sink in top job picks
per inscrutable Hobbit

From the Archive

Music track of the week