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Brainrot: Screenwriting as Literature

Brainrot: Screenwriting as Literature

For the novel to improve, for ink-and-paper storytelling to stay relevant, for literature to tell today’s stories to today’s audience, it must learn from the work of screenwriters

Top Ten

Top Ten

Who knew when we’d see each other again, with the pandemic rolling in and the economy flipping belly-up, with graduation and wedding and career plans scattering in the air like confetti.

Inside COVID-19’s Cheering Section

Inside COVID-19’s Cheering Section

People will die, the economy might tank, and my Italian honeymoon’s on the line, but somehow, it feels like I have a conflict of interest.

the post calvin: Essays 2016–2019

the post calvin: Essays 2016–2019

In this collection of essays, forty-four Calvin University graduates under thirty years old share the most interesting and intimate parts of their twenty-first-century lives. Co-editing, book design, and typesetting by Josh deLacy.

Amateur Abortion Hour

Amateur Abortion Hour

Only a very few of my friends and family members hate women or God, no matter what Rush Limbaugh and The Nation insist.

Mind Your Shotgun

Mind Your Shotgun

Today I smell dead quail and gunpowder. Today I taste sweat. Good things, and my attention comes on its own.

The Best In Lustful Activities

The Best In Lustful Activities

Set your libido level to maximum!

De-Centering Prayer

De-Centering Prayer

I’ve peed behind dumpsters, on beaches, in alleys, gardens, parking lots, yards—and yet I was here, in this bathroom, I-can-pee-anywhere-ing in a space created for people who can’t.

F is for Fermata

F is for Fermata

I don’t know what home means without you.

What Climbing a Cascade Volcano Feels Like

What Climbing a Cascade Volcano Feels Like

Cognitive functions deteriorate with exhaustion; I once hallucinated midnight bicyclists and figures running through the woods after summiting Mt. Rainier.

Hotkeys, Hot Peas, and How to Tell the Difference

Hotkeys, Hot Peas, and How to Tell the Difference

Want to know about other types of spaces? Of course you don’t. I’m gonna tell you.

In Uncertainty I Am Certain

In Uncertainty I Am Certain

I’m committing to following this path as best I can, although I can’t see the turns ahead and everyone disagrees about the map.

Black-Eyed Peas

Black-Eyed Peas

When Joanna and I bought groceries the next day from a store unironically named Winn-Dixie, the cashier chatted with us about our beer and asked, “So what are ya’ll doing later today?” in a way that made me feel rude for not including her.

Seeking That Meaningful Connection

Seeking That Meaningful Connection

With a little out-of-the-box thinking, you can find just as many opportunities for meaningful connection on the 9-to-5 side of that pesky diploma.

Mono(nucleosis)

Mono(nucleosis)

Do you have flu-like symptoms? Do you feel tired all the time? Do you feel just fine? If so, you might have mono! Who knows!

Josh deLacy