Genre Fiction is Literature. The Critics Should Admit It.
The literary establishment has spent decades treating genre fiction like a taco truck parked outside a Michelin-starred restaurant: wildly popular, undeniably good, and completely beneath notice. In this sharp, unapologetic essay, Adam Page dismantles the hierarchy that keeps science fiction, fantas
“The Art of the Literary Feud” by Adam Page
Writers are, famously, the most thin-skinned creatures ever to accuse another creature of being thin-skinned. In this sharp, panoramic tour through three centuries of literary combat, Adam Page explores the art of the public intellectual grudge match, from Voltaire and Rousseau’s Enlightenment
WHY SHOULD A BENEVOLENT GOD WANT US TO SUFFER?
Quite recently, I had a conversation that brought me back to a question humans (I suppose keenly atheists) have been asking for thousands of years. If God is inherently good, as stated so many times within the Bible, then why does suffering exist? And even deeper than that. Does the idea of goo
THE DEATH OF AMERICAN MONOCULTURE
There was a time in America that we all had similar shared experiences. Landmark events in time that you remember the exact moment: where you were, your age, what grade you were in. This was a time when something would happen and the next day, the entire classroom or office would be talking about it
WE’RE ALL RIVERS (YOU DON’T KNOW ME, ANYONE, OR YOURSELF)
Don’t ever tell me you know me. Like, how reckless of you to say something like that. “Oh, I know him very well.” Yeah right. No. See, I don’t take it upon myself to assume that I really know anyone, because people change. People evolve & they could be one version of themselves w
PBS Kids Raised Us (90s Babies) Different
There’s something about PBS Kids that just hits different for those of us who grew up in the 90s. It holds a special place in our hearts. Now, it wasn’t the flashiest channel. It didn’t have the best graphics/animations or the coolest commercials (because, well, it had no commercia
The Only Validation You Need
The morning light slants through the blinds, casting stripes across my floor. I’m sitting here, a cup of vitamin water energy poised in my hands, as my brows wrinkle in concentration and resolve into a blank stare. I’m trying to articulate a feeling that’s been bubbling beneath the surface for
“A Poor Craftsman Blames His Tools”
We know this proverb to basically mean that someone unskilled or incompetent at a task will often make excuses for their poor work by blaming their tools rather than taking responsibility for their own failings. Yikes. I heard this phrase listening to a podcast the other day, and it made me think ab
The Unfinished Page: Embracing the Writer’s Journey
There is a subtlety that comes with writing, a relaxation that comes with it as well. So, one of the things I’ve learned about being a writer is that, in order to consider yourself a writer, well, you have to write. When I think about all the time I’ve spent at a computer desk staring [&
The WhiteBoy That’s “Accepted by the Hood”
Okay, let’s cut through all the noise. I’ve seen the Druski skit and couldn’t stop laughing. I feel like we all know the guy he’s portraying. We went to school with him, or maybe you have someone like that in your family. Here’s the crazy part, though. When Druski dropp