Lean Forward
Jacob AllenInjecting a sense of wonder into a world where dogma has become king
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Jeka Allen
Jeka joined my family in August of 2022–almost 4 years ago. She married my brother and brought a much-needed grounding element into the dynamic that he and I share.
Jeka did me the honor of volunteering to be a part of my project. She was...
Parker Smith
Parker Smith is one of the most thoughtful people I know. A self-described “vibe-coder and simple liturgist”, he speaks about technological advances with a level of nuance and consideration that I find astounding. I’ve heard him describe a...
Andres Serrano
In August 2025, I interviewed the artist Andres Serrano. After his photograph, Piss Christ, won a federally funded cash prize in the late 1980s, Serrano found himself at the center of a national conversation about the value of art in societ...
Let's Make Oral History
I’m conducting a series of interviews for a book-length creative anthropological oral history (blah blah blah). Basically, my imagination has been taken captive by a line from a 1798 correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison...
Our Favorite Albums of 2024 (Albums 2-1)
Nathan’s 2nd pick: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; “Wild God”
A thematic basis for the Bad Seeds’ return is established right in the opening track, “Song of the Lake,” in which an old man is so moved by the sight of a woman bathing in a l...
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I’m Jacob. I’m a Bible Belt native, a fact that greatly impacts my writing and thinking. I have a wife and children whom I love—another fact that greatly impacts my writing and thinking.
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