L.A. Nights is a Beat Poem about the City of Angels and how far from heaven we really are. Written in the 5×4x5 structure.
Poetry with Mr. McLeod (II)
In this second episode of Poetry with Mr. McLeod, Ian offers you a glimpse into his mind as he ponders the possibilities of postmodernism.
2012, Why Worry?
Our visitors from Google are worried about the events at the end of the Mayan Calender. When the modern age has so many things to worry about, we ask “2012, why worry?”
Poetry with Mr. McLeod (I)
I hope you are all having a wonderful new year thus far. My job situation has regularized somewhat in recent weeks, which means I am no longer working 70 hour weeks, which means I have returned! This is but one of many poems I’ve written, and I’ve decided to share my best work with you, American Nonfiction’s loyal readers, in this new series of posts. I may, at times, post public domain poetry and commentary as well, for your edification. I hope you enjoy.
Irish Guilt
New Year’s Eve has come and gone. Most of us remember the night when ball dropped. However, Irish Guilt is a work of prose for those among us who can’t remember a thing. Ring in the New Year with a remembrance of times forgotten.
NaNoWriMo Outlined
To Outline or not to Outline? For new authors it is not even a question. if you are going to finish a novel in 30 days, you need one. We have some tips for your NaNoWriMo goal.
How to Become an Adequately Cultured Person
Any article on being well-rounded that has “shit” somewhere in the first paragraph has to be somewhat different, and possibly good. As this is a Half-Assed guide, it’s full of shortcuts and easy ways to become cultured, or at least, seem more cultured than you really are.
Common Sense by Thomas Paine: Table of Contents
In the dawn of the United States, Thomas Paine published Common Sense to spark the revolutionary fire. Read the table of contents with an intro by, scourge of the Public Domain, Allister Butcher.
Waiting For 2012
2012 is right around the corner and Wesley takes a moment to reflect on the state of our world in the anarchist prose style, we love him for.
Economics for Fun and (Not Much) Profit Part VII: The Rise and Fall of Economic Thought I: Salamanca and Smith
In this, our final lesson (or rather mini-series) in this Econ series, we will examine the rise and collapse of economics itself as first a part of the Humanities, and then as a science. We will not go back into antiquity, which held some theories on trade, but rather we will focus on the past 500 years, with various schools of thought in chronological order.
