Joshua Gibbs

Sam Kriss Is A Vital New Writer

“How To Believe In Astrology,” the hit job on Alice Sparkly Kat’s Postcolonial Astrology, is magnificent.

Woke Evangelicals Interviewing Josh Harris

Harris: …and so that was when I knew I couldn’t be a Christian any longer. Podcaster: You just have such an amazing, difficult story and you are so courageous for telling it. There’s so much brokenness in the world. And I know that I’m not exactly where you are, so I guess there’s sort ofContinue reading “Woke Evangelicals Interviewing Josh Harris”

A Trade Off

A charismatic leader who does not confess his faults will attract many followers, but no successor.

Just Cryogenically Freeze Me Until This Opens

Blasphemers

My short story collection Blasphemers is half off this month on Amazon.

Proverbs Of Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” “In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.” “He had a clear conscience. Never used it.” “When smashing monuments, save the pedestals. They always come in handy.” “An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret.” “Do not ask God the way to heaven;Continue reading “Proverbs Of Stanislaw Jerzy Lec”

An Addendum To Proverbial, Episode 73

The latest episode of Proverbial is devoted to the teacher’s proverb, “Don’t smile until Christmas.” In the course of the show, I claim it is foolish to “want to be liked.” While reading a book of proverbs this evening, I came upon a saying I wished I’d had at my disposal a week ago: “ToContinue reading “An Addendum To Proverbial, Episode 73”

Jesus Christ On The Importance Of Accurately Citing Your Sources

“You have heard it said…”

The Best Thing I’ve Written Which No One Has Read

Seven years ago, I briefly wrote AuRevoir1967, a Twitter account which summarized (in 140 characters) episodes of a fictional television show that was a bit like Absolutely Fabulous and a bit like a Destroyer record. I’ve thought several times of resurrecting this thing, but never gone through with it.

A Bracing Little Speech For The First Day Of School

“Not every teenager is good at being a teenager, just like not every adult is good at being an adult, not every newlywed is good at being a newlywed, and so forth. There are many stages of life, and you can be good or bad at any of them. Doing well as a teenager meansContinue reading “A Bracing Little Speech For The First Day Of School”