Waywards
James AndersonWriting, reporting & theorizing from the abyss and against the grain
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December 2025 Monthly Roundup
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind,” Waywards reader?
I ask you, “Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne,” Waywards reader?
Ah, a new year is almost upon us. Here’s hoping 2025 treated y...
Jason Renard Walker: My Effort To Hunger Strike Against Unsanitary Living Conditions Ended Up Being CIA Inspired Self Inflicted Pain - The TDCJ Way
Below you will find commentary provided by Jason Renard Walker, an incarcerated organizer and writer I’ve corresponded with. Mr. Walker went on hunger strike inside the Powledge unit in Texas on December 19.
Here are the demands Walker put...
Write to Mr. Ryan Patterson
Well, it’s been a minute, has it not, Waywards reader? Has absence made the heart grow fonder?
I’ll be back with a monthly roundup come 12/31/25, just in time to wish you a happy new year right before 2026 commences. I’ll share recent pub...
August 2025 Monthly Roundup
Happy Labor Day weekend, Waywards reader!
Yes, this holiday is offered in the US in lieu of a day off on International Workers’ Day, but please don’t let that stop you from enjoying yourself and taking it easy, if you can.
At the risk o...
July 2025 Monthly Roundup
Can you feel the heat, Waywards reader?
If you’re walking around drenched in skin-glistening perspiration these days, please know that you’re not alone. There’s comfort to be found in our shared simmering in this sweltering summer weather...
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