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2015
washingtoncitypaper.comCome to Our Fiction Issue Reading at Kramerbooks This SundayOpen mics are a gamble—-there’s usually a teenager with an angsty diary entry or a rocksteady cover of “Bad Romance” sprinkled in amid the good stuff. There’s a time for anything-goes amateur art, but there’s also a time for well-thought-out curation. For last week’s Fiction Issue, John Wilwol chose four D.C.-focused stories from a remarkable trove of submissions from local writers, and the […]Retweeted City Paper (@wcp):
Red pandas, queer Jews, drones, and gentrification: Hear readings from our Fiction Issue at Kramerbooks on Sunday!
Red pandas, queer Jews, drones, and gentrification: Hear readings from our Fiction Issue at Kramerbooks on Sunday!
washingtoncitypaper.comCome to Our Fiction Issue Reading at Kramerbooks This SundayOpen mics are a gamble—-there’s usually a teenager with an angsty diary entry or a rocksteady cover of “Bad Romance” sprinkled in amid the good stuff. There’s a time for anything-goes amateur art, but there’s also a time for well-thought-out curation. For last week’s Fiction Issue, John Wilwol chose four D.C.-focused stories from a remarkable trove of submissions from local writers, and the […]Retweeted City Paper (@wcp):
Red pandas, queer Jews, drones, and gentrification: Hear readings from our Fiction Issue at Kramerbooks on Sunday!
Red pandas, queer Jews, drones, and gentrification: Hear readings from our Fiction Issue at Kramerbooks on Sunday!
Thank you for this raw and evocative prose.
It touches my heart.
It touches my heart.
I also updated my "About Me" section. I got sick of the professional stuff and just wrote a letter.
http://michaeljoelhall.com/about/
http://michaeljoelhall.com/about/
My autobiography's title is already taken. Fuck.
I apologize for my purposefully divisive comments on prayer, fundamentalism, and letter of the law religion. I recognize in them a lack of compassion.
As an individual who prays to a supreme (not Diana Ross) power, I see value in prayer. Due to the value I also see in the dissolution of labels and constructed beliefs, I let my interest in the dissonance that can bring destruction override equanimity in tone and presentation.
I cannot destroy your constructed beliefs nor force an experience of any kind-- I forgot that, as my passion got in the way.
Please understand: I am challenged in tonality by strong opinions on faiths that recommend slaughter or subjugation. Many do.
A better framing: does your faith pray to a God that would cast anyone to a hell for getting the name of God "wrong"? That would enslave a people? That kills? How does this make you feel in light of recent tragedies?
As an individual who prays to a supreme (not Diana Ross) power, I see value in prayer. Due to the value I also see in the dissolution of labels and constructed beliefs, I let my interest in the dissonance that can bring destruction override equanimity in tone and presentation.
I cannot destroy your constructed beliefs nor force an experience of any kind-- I forgot that, as my passion got in the way.
Please understand: I am challenged in tonality by strong opinions on faiths that recommend slaughter or subjugation. Many do.
A better framing: does your faith pray to a God that would cast anyone to a hell for getting the name of God "wrong"? That would enslave a people? That kills? How does this make you feel in light of recent tragedies?
Seeking to be a source of inspiration frequently fosters in others aspiration. The aspirant sound is a gasp-- not rich, not full-- dying. Be yourself and let others choose.
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