Will Brewbaker contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2015, writing on politics, culture, and public affairs. His pieces ranged from reflections on political history to coverage of local government controversies such as the Memphis City Council's debate over Confederate monuments.
Nick Flynn writes in defiance of despair, and the poet’s fourth collection is as emotionally fraught as its title. Even the dust jacket art, which depicts an abandoned laundromat, is exhausted. My Feelings confronts suffering without flinching. The speaker sounds emotionally spent, but these poems…
The psychic wore a long, red skirt. It swirled when she walked, as if mystically stirred. She plopped down across the table from me, checked her iPhone, and lit a cigarette. After a long drag, she coughed. “I’m Jessica,” she said, pronouncing the name in a thick New Jersey husk.
William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying tells the story of Anse Bundren, an impoverished widower who carries his wife’s corpse across Mississippi to her desired burial ground.
Another big-headed candidate is running for president. And no, this one isn’t vying for the GOP nomination.