Archive - Get Literate

Close Reading ‘Rejection’

And a discussion of shock story subreddits.

Jul 31 •

Superman writes in Roosevelt

What is a New Deal-era character doing in a 2020s story?

Jul 25 •

The false realism of battle scenes

Spartacus, Game of Thrones and why famous battle scenes are often very bad.

Jul 17 •

Fraternity or: How to fight a wooden owl possessed by a sex demon

Reading is writing #13: Benjamin Nugent uses literal speech to create ironic distance.

Jul 10 •

Close Reading 'Less Than Zero'

Reading is Writing #12: Was Norm MacDonald right about Bret Easton Ellis?

Jul 3 •

June 2025

May 2025

Semester 1 of Bennington's MFA program

23 books, 146 pages, 45,000 words. A look back at five difficult months.

May 29 •

Reading is Writing #11: A barbecue of dogs, hogs and wives

Brad Watson's barbecue from hell, featuring lawyers, cannibals and a UPS crate.

May 22 •

Reading is Writing #10: Eveningland

A meditation on Cops. Then moments of rejection and desire on the Gulf of Mexico.

May 15 •

Reading is Writing #9: Lost in the City

Clocking in at the grocery store.

May 8 •

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