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The Medium Athenæum

A Salon of Refuse

  • Food Stories
  • Suburbian Shamanism
  • Let's Make Fun of a State
  • Fan Fiction They Way We Like It
  • The Backlist
  • A selection of artisnal dreck:
    For $3000 I’ll Tell You About My Mother

    For $3000 I’ll Tell You About My Mother

    On the now infamous Ev Williams post;
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    Gutbloom
    May 9, 2021
    Let’s Make Fun of a State: Ohio

    Let’s Make Fun of a State: Ohio

    Ohio: It’s Not Funny Unless You Are Laughing at It
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    Gutbloom
    Apr 24, 2019
    Movies We’d Like to See

    Movies We’d Like to See

    Reading This Might Be a Waste of Time, But So Are Half of the Movies You’ve Watched in the Last Month
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    Gutbloom
    Jun 14, 2020
    10 Clickbait Headlines That Don’t Really Work

    10 Clickbait Headlines That Don’t Really Work

    But Just Because They Don’t Work Doesn’t Mean I Won’t Try Them
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    Gutbloom
    Jun 25, 2019
    An Interview With a Leprechaun

    An Interview With a Leprechaun

    I heard a strange pinging sound in the basement, and fearful that it might be something wrong with the boiler, went downstairs to check…
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    Gutbloom
    Mar 1, 2021
    Leveraging the Backlist

    Leveraging the Backlist

    Medium Mines the Gold
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    Gutbloom
    Aug 31, 2022
    Season of the Juggalos

    Season of the Juggalos

    This summer I read “The Dawn of Everything” by David Graeber and David Wengrow. It’s a fascinating book. For years I have been teaching…
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    Gutbloom
    Aug 9, 2022
    Wins and Waterloos

    Wins and Waterloos

    Why I Was Gone Right After I Came Back
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    Gutbloom
    Aug 7, 2022
    In Praise of Medium Poets

    In Praise of Medium Poets

    After reading Tony Stubblebine’s “Hello Medium readers, authors, editors, and publishers”¹ I read the comments. I was pleasantly surprised…
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    Gutbloom
    Jul 26, 2022
    Well, Um. OK, I Guess

    Well, Um. OK, I Guess

    Well, here I am and there you are, gentle reader… distinguished reader… appreciated reader. I mean that sincerely. Even if you are a bot…
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    Gutbloom
    Jul 24, 2022
    The Editor Shows Up for Lunch

    The Editor Shows Up for Lunch

    I heard a voice on the stairs. A big voice. I knew immediately it was Hughes.
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    Gutbloom
    May 30, 2021
    Pee Wee Solves A Problem

    Pee Wee Solves A Problem

    The daffodils are up. Percy is feeding the lawn. We’re not wearing masks at The Mill because the virus is boring and despite the fact that…
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    Gutbloom
    Apr 25, 2021
    Where Is Eidolon’s Eidolon?

    Where Is Eidolon’s Eidolon?

    During the long night of the GOPQ (Grand Old Party Q-Anon¹) I said to my older brother, whom I call ‘Boy’, “Well, it can’t get worse than…
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    Gutbloom
    Feb 7, 2021
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