
A culture essay every other week hinging on a dubious analogy.
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Dear readers,
I’m now writing over at Sigh No More on Shakespeare, literature, and contemporary culture. I’ll be writing on a weekly basis, and for now, all posts are free. Here is a teaser in case you are interested! Thanks again for all...
Dear readers,
This will be my last official Dubious Analogy. In 2022, I wrote an essay called “The Bass Pro Shop is like the music of Enya.” It was a first step for me into so many things—into this vibrant and fascinating platform full of...
is like Wicked: Part One.
When I was a kid, I was manically, passionately, religiously obsessed with pretending. The imaginary games that filled my life from around age seven to around age 13 were the center of my existence: starting with...
About a month ago, I decided to quit listening to podcasts cold turkey. Feeling a little stuck in a rut, I was re-reading The Artist’s Way, where Julia Cameron argues that, to create good art, we must be attentive to the world around us:...
One of my rules of thumb when writing one of these analogies is that I don’t want anything to immediately come to mind for the reader when they see the two things I am comparing. When someone reads the title I want them to have no idea what...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Ph.D. in theology, the imagination, and the arts. Writing about narrative, Shakespeare, and culture. Managing editor @slantbooks.
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