Long time, no see. At least here. If you’d told me that I would have a child and it would be almost three months before any mention of it appeared on this website, I would have thought you were bonkers.…
Category: A Day in the Life
Coronavirus and the Limits of Utilitarianism
The public debate around American society’s response to the novel coronavirus is beginning to reach an incomprehensible crescendo. As the number of cases in the US spikes to record-highs and daily deaths begin to creep back up toward levels not…
Lunch Ticket Publishes “Ambiguity”
Lunch Ticket, the literary and art journal from the MFA community at Antioch University Los Angeles, just published Storey’s essay “Ambiguity” in their new Summer/Fall 2020 issue. This is an exploration of his life with gender, through a chronological series…
Unemployment Revisited: Real Unemployment Over 20%
It’s been a while. With the cascading rush of the Trump years toward an alleged full employment in the wake of the 2016 election seeming to reflect a widespread acknowledgment that officially reported unemployment was failing to capture the full…
Defund. Dismantle. Reinvest.
I’ve made a series of graphics to advocate steps that American cities and society writ large can take to shift their priorities from violence and racism toward something more collaborative and positive. Here’s an example: If you would like to…
Notes on a Protest (Movement)
It’s been one of the most radical fortnights in American history. In the wake of the video-taped murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, a nation besieged by a global pandemic and the accompanying death and labor-market destruction has…
The Quiet Part Loud
I think the key to understanding Trump’s ongoing appeal and Biden’s failure to match it is contemplating the phrase “he said the quiet part loud.” Often leveraged as a criticism, this phrase perfectly encapsulates what Trump supporters love about Trump.…
El Portal Publishes “The Ping Not Taken”
El Portal, the eighty-year-old literary magazine of Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, just published Storey’s essay “The Ping Not Taken” as their May web feature. His first Uber narrative to be published in 2020 and thirteenth overall, this piece…
Five on the Fifth Publishes “The Two Reasons You Wear a Black Suit to Church”
This morning, online literary magazine Five on the Fifth published Storey’s dramatic second-person essay “The Two Reasons You Wear a Black Suit to Church.” This narrative confronts the stories we tell about suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as well as contemplation…
Going Viral
I took a walk two days ago, just around the neighborhood and down to the river. I’ve been trying to walk most days, keeping my distance, keeping our distance, six feet apart, the distance between people at their demise. I…