A Liturgy for Beginning an Artistic Work
Happy New Year, dear friends. Here is a liturgy for all the beautiful things you will bring into being this year—both works of art and...
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Nov 20, 2015
Sad Stories Told for Laughs: Buddy Greene
Buddy Greene has been a working musician for over forty years. Like Flannery O’Connor, he hails from Middle Georgia, but unlike Flannery...
Nov 13, 2015
Sad Stories Told for Laughs: Nick Flora
Nick Flora has toured for the past 13+ years with many different bands and as a solo artist in every conceivable place that music can be...
Nov 6, 2015
Sad Stories Told for Laughs: Andrew Osenga
In my many conversations with artists, I have noticed that a disproportionate number of their anecdotes—and most of their best...
Jun 18, 2015
Napping for Success
[Editor’s note: For more of Jonny’s work, be sure to check out his graphic novel, Martin & Marco, in the store, and visit his website to...
Apr 1, 2015
From the Molehill Vol. 3: “Never, Sweeting, Could I Play Thee False”
The newest issue of The Molehill contains a couple of truly unique pieces of history. The first is an original, previously-unpublished...
Mar 19, 2014
A Tricycle, A Leg Trap
My friend Hilton grew up poor in South Alabama. He and his older brother didn’t have a lot of toys, but they did have one tricycle to...
Feb 19, 2014
Subjects With Objects Unplugged, Pt. 3
An Explanation for the Uninitiated: Subjects With Objects is an ongoing, collaborative art project forever ordered according to the...
Feb 11, 2014
The Original Feechie
When I was a graduate student at Vanderbilt, I went back to my hometown in Georgia to work on a remodeling crew. One of my crewmates was...
Feb 5, 2014
Subjects With Objects Unplugged – Pt 2
Untitled 13, the painting featured in this post, is now available as a new limited-edition, signed and numbered art print. These prints...
Jan 27, 2014
Subjects With Objects Unplugged – Pt. 1
[Editor’s note: If you were at Hutchmoot 2013 you’ll almost certainly remember Doug McKelvey’s mesmerizing reading, explanation, and...
Jan 23, 2014
The Sniper
My cousin Jason worked for a heating and air conditioning company when he was in high school. They took care of the huge air conditioning...
Dec 3, 2013
Of Plumbers and Plumbing
Of all the construction disciplines, plumbing is my favorite. It’s quiet—contemplative even. There aren’t so many power tools whining....
Oct 24, 2013
The Singing Bush and a World of Wonders
I love that scene in The Three Amigos in which Dusty, Lucky, and Ned encounter the Singing Bush. They’re trying to find El Guapo, and, in...
Sep 27, 2013
On Canine Baptism
A while back I told a story in which my elementary school running buddy Mark radioactivated a spider with the intention of giving the...
Sep 17, 2013
Jellybean Highfive and the Tyrannic Dominion of Lord Kings
Jellybean Highfive got lost in thought, dreaming of a day when the boundaries between people and everyone would be blasted apart and no...
Aug 30, 2013
Bubba and the Mnemonic Device
I worked in a cabinet shop for a brief while. I was teaching Tuesdays and Thursdays and so had some time on my hands on Mondays,...
Aug 12, 2013
The Worst Beekeeper in the World
The honeybee, that busy little alchemist, is a marvel. No other insect has inspired so much poetry, so much rapturous prose. After a few...
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