John A MaloneySome thoughts on another day of shitty news.Wherein I struggle to give voice to some things I’m feeling.Jun 8, 2018Jun 8, 2018
John A MaloneyPoem School: “I Am Not Italian”Billy Collins demolishes our conception of the self.Jun 21, 2017Jun 21, 2017
John A MaloneyWeekend Reading: Dec 30-Jan 1I’m sitting at this coffeeshop listening to a man emit a stream of bitter rumination about the sorry state of his marriage to a silent…Dec 30, 2016Dec 30, 2016
John A MaloneyProvocatuesday: Westworld vs. The Entire History of the NovelWhen will we get the steel cage match that settles this thing for good?Dec 20, 2016Dec 20, 2016
John A MaloneyYouTube Roundup: Fiction EditionHere’s a bunch of shit to watch instead of working on that novel.Nov 11, 2016Nov 11, 2016
John A MaloneyOkkervil River, “Away”I keep thinking I’m going to wait to talk about Okkervil River’s Away until I work up something suitably deep, elegiac, melancholy and warm…Oct 14, 2016Oct 14, 2016
John A Maloneyprismatic (five songs #5)The difference between theme and gimmick is not so great. Neither is the difference between genius and crackpot. Newton did groundbreaking…Sep 2, 2016Sep 2, 2016
John A Maloneyforms of longing (five songs #4)First thing you learn is that you’ve always got to wait.Aug 26, 2016Aug 26, 2016
John A Maloneysticking points (five songs #3)Not all symbols are obvious, and not all obvious-seeming things are symbols. Meaning is created collaboratively. It’s a dialogue between…Aug 19, 2016Aug 19, 2016
