I apologize for getting this in late… During our last class, someone mentioned that they loved this podcast, so immediately I was very intrigued and excited to start listening. I listen to podcasts a lot. But I keep being stuck…

I first listened to this podcast in 2017. I remember being completely swept up in the story, shocked by the end of Episode 2, and enamored with the storytelling. For me, it still holds up. I felt all the same…

Wow. The end of Chapter II is certainly one of the hardest “gut punches” I’ve gotten from a podcast in a long while. This is probably because in most podcasts I listen to, I already know “the plot.” I have…

[J is an old friend, a cultural historian who is an academic but chooses to write for a general, not academic, audience.] Dear J, As we’ve talked about on our bike rides, I feel like there may be a story…

It’s easy to forget about America until you hear, in a voice like John’s, an assemblage of syllables that feels more like home than any address, something like “Little Caesars-Pizza Hut”. I mean a throwaway piece of color in a…

I am listening to the third episode as I write this, which is to say: I thought this podcast was some really good storytelling and I guess in this reflection I’ll try to put my finger on why. I loved…

Mentioned this to a few of you, and wanted to extend a warm invite to our “comics crew” (name TBD) conversation + draw jam: Wed, Nov 9 from 5 – 6 pm, Dining Commons, 8th Floor.  You’re welcome to join…

Sorry this is messy. I can add alt text if you want, let me know. Sources, in addition to S-town and Myka: Kurt Vonnegut: The Shapes of Stories  ‘How to Read Now,’ by Elaine Castillo (NYT review, mentions “expected reader”…

For context: The “Letter to an Agent” pasted below is/will be for for Simon Lipskar of Writers House. This is an agent (and agency) that I have some connection with as a contract illustrator. They represent authors who do Novels,…

Vietnamerica: Doug’s Basement Comic Book Collection/ Geography and Architecture in the Graphic Novel I grew up in a suburb of Denver called Park Hill. I also grew up in Jefferson County a forty minute drive west of Denver, a run…