On Monday the president said that domestic violence doesn't count as an actual crime. He was speaking at something called the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. which we have all of course heard of and been to. It looks like they've got a| Welcome to Hell World
Somebody is throwing things out of a window at the White House. That’s what the post said. Sure enough there was also a video of the very thing described. That is the opening line to a Frank O’Hara poem I’m certain of it someone| Welcome to Hell World
This piece appears in my forthcoming book We Had It Coming. They slaughtered a score of kids and a mess of their teachers an hour from here. This was all supposed to be happening somewhere else. Somewhere we could fret about it sure but not be made to weep deeply| Welcome to Hell World
I love writing very much but Being A Writer on the other hand sucks so bad dude. Every other part of the job I mean. Never more so than when you have a book coming out. (Which I do in case I haven't made that clear.) Having to go around| Welcome to Hell World
Representing the American present| Welcome to Hell World
I am so sick of being lied to every second of my life| Welcome to Hell World
Talking 'Simplicity' with Mattie Lubchansky| Welcome to Hell World
Talking 'Sloppy' with Rax King| Welcome to Hell World
I love getting a massage and the guy keeps going oh wow your back is really tight right here do you feel that? Yeah man that’s why I’m at the massage store in the first place. Probably be a lot more notable if someone wasn’| Welcome to Hell World
This piece appears in my forthcoming book We Had It Coming. Here's a nice new plug for it from a smart and talented guy. Look at what we allow They said he threw his jacket. Kept saying that over and over. The man was agitated on the subway and he| Welcome to Hell World
Two weeks ago I was sitting in the very spot where I sit now crying my eyes out. Not exactly out of the ordinary for me but nevertheless. M. asked what was wrong and I said I was watching Ozzy sing Crazy Train. Did he die she said and I| Welcome to Hell World
And what if it already does?| Welcome to Hell World
My mother called me which is a rare enough thing so I was already like uh oh who died and she said Luke in a tone of voice I hadn’t heard in a long time and my heart sank. She had just gotten a call from someone claiming| Welcome to Hell World
He was forced to make an impossible choice by the federal government| Welcome to Hell World
Today's main thing is about my recent trip to visit family in the suburbs of Atlanta. Did I manage to somehow shut the fuck up the whole time? Did I have an existential crisis in the airport? Well let's find out down below. I may have mentioned that my next| Welcome to Hell World
A haunting yet darkly humorous exploration of a world teetering on the edge of collapse.| Welcome to Hell World
LeVar “Var” Lawrence is a resident of Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center, a public nursing home on Roosevelt Island in New York City. On March 13, 2020, as coronavirus spread through the city, Coler closed its doors and locked in residents, who were confined to the nursing home and| Welcome to Hell World
Today we have a story about how ICE check-ins have become an abusive and maddening catch-22 for immigrants. They can either continue to show up and risk being detained or stay away and end up being detained for that anyway. These cruel motherfuckers I swear to God. Also today a| Welcome to Hell World
I went looking for something to feel good about| Welcome to Hell World