This Week's Writing 2/23/24

also! we hit 500 paid subscribers!

Hey, we hit 500 paid subscribers this week! I never thought I would ever get anywhere near that number of supporters, so I am shocked and grateful. Thank you!

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And in the meantime! Here’s what I published this week.

Politics

No, Ezra Klein does not get to replace Joe Biden, ffs. (Public Notice)

Why does the GOP support Putin? For the election help. (EIH)

Why was Lee Majors at Mar-A-Lago? (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

“Drive-Away Dolls” uses the heist genre to kick Ron DeSantis in the McGuffin. (CNN)

“Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” the series, gives us smaller-than-life super spies. (Splice Today)

“The Expanse” shows that Israel is a colonial state. (EIH)

The 25 best albums of the 90s. (EIH)

Poetry

A bunch of my weirder poems, including a list of proper names from Poetry magazine. (Ranger)

Little poem about food poisoning. (Five Fleas)

Vomiting
really sucks.
Everyone knows that, I guess.
But sometimes
we need to reaffirm
the simple truths.