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In a mad world it makes sense to write about an AI overlord named "Bertha"

It's one-part surrealism, one-part sci-fi social commentary, one-part philosophical/theological waxing and one-part dark and comedic literary fiction. And Goffman is our long-white-bearded, half-mad wizard-alchemist who mixes it all together and gives us the final product, the potion, in words and sentences expertly.

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Where are We—Poems of “Place”

While Cole went through neighborhoods and places as an observer taking notes, and Vassilakis is reporting out from a new world he’s now in, Schumacher is making up worlds and characters as he goes along.

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Please Stay

Enraged, I put the book away, likely throwing it dramatically, though I do not recall. It is March of 2025, and I think I’m finally ready to pick it up again.

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Fascism’s Use and Abuse of Postmodernism

These words kill fascists, I shall turn the gun of postmodernism they’ve been using and weaponize it upon them. These words kill fascists, “The one in front of the gun lives forever” (Lamar).

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