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The Futility of Argument with a Sixteen Year Old Nincompoop: A Case Study

by Leora Jasper “Isn’t Shakespeare, like, irrelevant?” In front of me sat a blonde Justin Bieber facsimile whose limbs hung over the sides of the chair like the exposed, overgrown roots of a willow. Feet adorned with Nikes, chest emblazoned with Champion, they sipped a hot chocolate above a perilously positioned pair of new whiteContinue reading “The Futility of Argument with a Sixteen Year Old Nincompoop: A Case Study”

Meeting Minutes (2.20.21 at 3 p.m.)

Attendance: The Deity, Leora Jasper, Dash Owens Location: The steps of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza Note-Taker: Dash Owens [It was a chilly February afternoon, but the kind of beautiful winter scene where the sun illuminated the sleek ice and crusty snow lining pedestrian walkways. TD, LJ, and DO rested their feetContinue reading “Meeting Minutes (2.20.21 at 3 p.m.)”

Meeting Minutes (2.20.21)

Attendance: The D***Y, Leora Jasper, Dash Owens Note-Taker: Leora Jasper Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The Symposium creators met at Grand Army Plaza masked and prepared to make a full loop around the park. TD: I think we need to talk about Twitter. DO: Do you see where we are? It is a beautiful winter wonderland.Continue reading “Meeting Minutes (2.20.21)”

More Readers, Fewer Writers

by Leora Jasper Mark Twain famously warned all readers of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to not search his work for motive, moral, or plot; individuals who trespassed into this forbidden literary territory risked prosecution, banishment, and execution, which are punishments I suspect the author Italo Calvino fantasized for his own readers. Italo Calvino createsContinue reading “More Readers, Fewer Writers”

Meeting Minutes (1.18.2021)

Attendance: Leora Jasper, Dash Owens, and The Resident Idiot Deity Note-Taker: Leora Jasper Location: Dash’s personal zoom room after the blundering Deity attempted several times to update and reboot Zoom on their computer, which led them to send pleading texts to the other two creators in attendance. Still unable to resolve the presumably minor problem,Continue reading “Meeting Minutes (1.18.2021)”

Meeting Minutes (1.13.2021)

Attendance: The Deity, Leora Jasper, Dash Owens Note-Taker: Leora Jasper TD: [mouth moves incomprehensibly] LJ: Dude, you’re on mute. TD: Sorry…I call this meeting to order. [TD’s appearance is mediated by a screen, but LJ is certain that their hair is greasy.] DO: Sweet. LJ: What gives you the authority to call anything to order?Continue reading “Meeting Minutes (1.13.2021)”

The Deity: A Critique

by Leora Jasper In their inaugural post on this site, the individual who chooses to be called “The Deity” proved they were susceptible to the worst incentives on the internet. Quite frankly, I was so appalled that I wrote the following resignation email: Dear Heavenly “Deity,” Stargate? Seriously? I thought we were creators not chainedContinue reading “The Deity: A Critique”