Category: writing / books
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Book Review: Glen, by Bryan Gorrison
It can always get worse. That seems to be the core message of Bryan Gorrison‘s debut novel. When it begins with the titular Glen getting shipped off to jail for violently molesting a child, it’s hard to imagine how it can go down from there, but soon Glen is involved in a spiral of homelessness,…
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Book Review: Sherlock Holmes: A Strange Case of Dicklessness, by Kitty Glitter
A letter addressed to Sherlock Holmes begins with “Dear Father.” Then, A Strange Case of Dicklessness gets even weirder. The “book” is only 12 pages long, so saying any more would give away crucial plot elements. All I can say is: read this. It’s only a buck on Kindle, and if you’re into dicks and…
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On Lying
The first of April is probably a good day to talk about lying. I recently finished reading Sam Harris’s short essay on the topic, which is called, no lie, Lying. In it, he explores the rationality of communicating things that are not true, and comes to the conclusion that it is wrong to lie. Yeah.…
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