Tag: satire
-
Creative Writing Jobs wiki (a.k.a. — wiki academic job )
Creative writing jobs wiki page for Academic Positions in Creative Writing that begin in 2021. See also: English Literature Positions 2020-2021 See also: Starbucks Job Board See also: How to Start Your Own Tutoring Business from a Single Craigslist Ad See also: Podcast: How to Start Your Own Editing Business from a Single Craigslist Ad,…
-
Reclaiming the Earth
A Preliminary Report on Research, Documentation, and Deconstruction of Tectonic Patriarchy and Gender Bias SK Shultz, H Brown, KJ Kelly, and OP Whiddon Abstract The well-established study of plate tectonics provides geologists with the explanations for many geological occurrences which previously had suffered from misunderstanding, misinterpretation or misrepresentation, including the existence of hydrothermal vents and…
-
Under the Circumstances
The doorbell rang. I got up from my overstuffed chair, put King Lear down on the coffee table and peeked out the window. It was the mailman. “Well,” I thought, “service at last.” I opened the door. It was quite cool and raining slightly. To keep the chill out, I immediately invited the…
-
Santa Quit: I am Applying to the Position of Santa
(Inspired by the McSweeney’s piece “I Would Like to be Pope”) Dear Sir or Madam, I am reaching out to apply for the position of Santa in the Claus division. This year, I will graduate from Brown University to receive my Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in an independent concentration called “Capitalism and Holiday…
-
The Smartphone Adjuster
“Henderson Atwell,” a woman announced. She stood in an open doorway to a small office, a wane smile on her face, and a clipboard held protectively in front of her light blue cardigan. “Yup, that’s me,” a beefy man said. He hoisted his large body from the waiting room chair. In three strides, he stood…
-
Counting Expectations
Her floral hands weptwhile holding the stillborntheir only chanceand the fatherwith his whiskeybreathsitting in the smokehe madewhile staring at the wallpaying no attentionto her wailsto her achesto her painhe just drank Featured Download: If you would like a resource to help you write poetry like this, CLICK HERE.
-
Sounds of Cotton
Mornings are roughwhen throwing up panicand beating myself down with whatever is closest and as alwaysit’s usually me Featured Download: If you would like a resource to help you write poetry like this, CLICK HERE.
-
Working at the Health Clinic
She told me that missionaries Came in to get testedAfter having doneThe lords workIn Africa Featured Download: If you would like a resource to help you write poetry like this, CLICK HERE.
-
American Laureate
I want to be the poet-in-residence at Mall of America oh yeswhere I’d ululate, scream, chest-thump and rant and chantand assemble everyone into drumming circles where we shriekabout our angry vaginas hanging by a thread and The Patriarchywielding an equally angry sword of Damocles over our headsand rhyme and order are prosecuted as political crimes.…
-
Self-Preservation for English Majors
Good morning. Welcome to Self-Preservation for English Majors. I hope you all had a lovely summer. Please stop flirting, you two. You can disappoint each other on your own time. Thank you. As you know, this is a required sophomore-level course for all English majors. At one time, this class was offered…
-
Open Letter to Adolescents (or Adolescence)
To any adolescent it may concern: When you grow up, your old friends will do different things. One will go to prison. Another will get married and have twelve babies. A third will join a group of anarchists in Seattle only to quit the group later. Another will become a career politician who accepts bribes…
