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Some people will die
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (472+ words) Sentences that no one wrote One day it will not be cold out. Today is not that day." Do you ever think that we were delivered the embodiment of the American id " all of our hubris and ignorance and violence…...
Sentences that no one wrote
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (176+ words) Today Keith Plocek, who teaches journalism at the University of Southern California, writes about Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, solipsism, and the permission structure "AI" gives us to doubt and devalue one another's humanity. Read this one by me about…...
One of the beautiful things music can do
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1642+ words) Teaching music inside San Quentin Every California correctional institute exists under the long shadow of Alcatraz. And thanks to Johnny Cash, Folsom State Prison is part of the global vocabulary too. Then there's the relatively-recently-renamed San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, about…...
It is mortifying to be seen
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1071+ words) An excerpt from The Third Beat by Lauren Lav'n Oh man I am stoked about this piece I have to share today. It's an essay from Lauren Lav'n's forthcoming book The Third Beat about beauty and desire and love and…...
The best of Hell World 2025
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1518+ words) I heard you like to read buddy so have I got a treat for you: writing. The perfect exchange in such a scenario. So here they are. The best pieces written by the Hell World contributors in 2025. Thank you as…...