Mark Scarbrough
@markscarbrough.bsky.social
Cookbook author. Pod: Cooking With Bruce & Mark. Former lit prof. Pod: Walking With Dante. Lots of lit seminars, book discussions, & poetry discussions at New England libraries. Recovering evangelical. Married to the best guy. Owned by a collie.
I hate conspiracies but I swear, if you wrote this whole thing as a script, it would be kicked back as “overdetermined.”
September 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I hate conspiracies but I swear, if you wrote this whole thing as a script, it would be kicked back as “overdetermined.”
The white people, most of them: yes, they would.
September 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The white people, most of them: yes, they would.
Just to say, it’s unsurprising for anyone who has lived in a dorm with straight white men.
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Just to say, it’s unsurprising for anyone who has lived in a dorm with straight white men.
Often such, right? Nero? Bloody Mary? Andrew Jackson?
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Often such, right? Nero? Bloody Mary? Andrew Jackson?
I know this is a crazy conspiracy theory, but part of me could believe that the botched and awful US response to Covid was that it was indeed clearing up those Medicare rolls.
September 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I know this is a crazy conspiracy theory, but part of me could believe that the botched and awful US response to Covid was that it was indeed clearing up those Medicare rolls.
Such a great read. Have you tried Pulkkinen’s TRUE? Similar vibe. Not quite as compelling. But a wild mash-up of Finnish mythology and modern trauma.
September 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Such a great read. Have you tried Pulkkinen’s TRUE? Similar vibe. Not quite as compelling. But a wild mash-up of Finnish mythology and modern trauma.
Best part of that quote: “People” = the fictitious mob I imagine from my elite snobby seat.
September 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Best part of that quote: “People” = the fictitious mob I imagine from my elite snobby seat.
Ultimately, because in Christian theology, suffering = meaning.
September 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Ultimately, because in Christian theology, suffering = meaning.