I managed not to buy this. Hope it's not still there when I go back.

We may be inclined to believe that the converse of stupid is smart, but stupidity is as likely to be opposed by a different form of stupid

Peeping Tom

I really enjoyed interviewing Ander Monson about Predator for Full Stop. The interview explores what the film says about our hypermasculine, gun-loving culture, as well as how our formative loves shape us as adults. The memoir dives alot deeper, of course.

"I do want to hopefully lead some people to look at Predator a little differently and understand it—not just Predator but the act of looking—as the tool it is." Ander Monson & Eric James Aldrich on PREDATOR— film, franchise, and now, memoir (Graywolf Press): tinyurl.com/yckmhe49.

Me talking to my college students before I start class

If you're liking the Essay Daily advent calendar so far this year (and you should; it's great), check out last year's calendar (which was all cover essays) and the ones that came before: essaydaily.org/p/the-essay-da…

Rancher is a seriously powerful small book. My review just scratches the surface!

Excited to bring my vigorous nodding to every #AWP23 event I attend today.

Fascinating to learn that Steely Dan's "Only a Fool Would Say That" is a dis track on John Lennon.

I enjoy watching Antiques Roadshow, but I have to be 100% ready for bed before I put it on.

Thief in area. Spotted in rural Marana Arizona.

It is a cardinal sin to abjure the sacrament of the eucharist on Easter. It is a blue jay sin to scream at the top of your lungs and throw birdseed all over the ground.

Tissues fit my issues to a t.

"I was, in my own JNCO ways, very much like Kat and maybe you were, too." —From Eric James Aldrich's review of A CIGARETTE LIT BACKWARDS by @TeaHacic (ABRAMS Books): full-stop.net/2023/05/01/rev….

"A museum and an observatory in one. . ." Eric James Aldrich reviews Christopher Brean Murray's debut poetry collection, BLACK OBSERVATORY Milkweed Editions: full-stop.net/2023/08/21/rev….

ISSUE 24.3: thediagram.com

"Do not be surprised to encounter love in the tunnel. Love persists wherever people go. Tell yourself you are loved and worry about truth later." Excerpt of "Aghor Meditation in Alamo Tunnel" by Eric James Aldrich thediagram.com/24_4/aldrich.h…