This Week's Writing 4/27/24

The press helps Trump, why disruptive protest makes sense, Macbeth, and more!

Gusgus looks into your soul and says, “Become a subscriber!”

Okay he probably said something more like, “meowr” or “fft.” But you know. As I suspected it’s been a pretty grim month for the subscriptions, so if you would like me to continue scribbling/support my work, this would be a good time to join up. $5/month, $50/year. cheap!

And, hey, here’s what I published this week!

If your read one thing by me this week, read:

You can preorder my first ever poetry collection! (EIH)

Politics

The press helps MAGA target jurors. (Public Notice)

Why disruptive protest makes sense. (EIH)

Prisons don’t prevent crime. (EIH)

Trump’s hush money trial is petty. Maybe that’s a good thing. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare shows the virtues of inauthentic war films. (CNN)

Awakenings and why Hollywood wants female directors to make movies about disability. (Splice Today)

A new Macbeth film has mediocre staging, but great performances. (Chicago Reader)

Poetry

Profound thought. (dadakuku)

Through the eyes
of art history
every codpiece
is deeply inspired by nature.

Couple short poems. (Five Fleas)

people are complicated
people are dead
people keep being
like a hammer to the head

No line that I have written
will ever be remembered.
No, not this one.
No, not this one either.