John W. W. Zeiser is a poet, journalist, and critic, currently living in Maine.
John W. W. Zeiser
Articles
The Dreams Matter More
All the debates about “the middle class” come laden with one big false assumption.
The Times, They Aren’t a’Changin’
John W. W. Zeiser explains how Senator Cotton's op-ed makes all too much sense for the Gray Lady.
“A Mix of Malcolm and Milton”: On Corey Robin’s “The Enigma of Clarence Thomas”
John W. W. Zeiser finds many keys in “The Enigma of Clarence Thomas” by Corey Robin.
Keep Even Man Where He Belongs
John W. W. Zeiser on the graphic adaptations "The Epic of Gilgamesh" by Kent H. Dixon and Kevin H. Dixon and "Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories" by Peter Kuper.
Beyond “Carceral Capitalism”
In "Carceral Capitalism," Wang’s essays set up the abolition of the carceral state as one of the key moral battles of this century.
Et in Arcadia Ego
How did René Descartes produce "cheap lives"? John W. W. Zeiser on "A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things."
Requiem for a Media: On the Execution of LA Weekly
John W. W. Zeiser laments the loss of "LA Weekly" to corporate interest.
Zora Neale Hurston: “A Genius of the South”
John W. W. Zeiser reviews Peter Bagge's graphic biography "Fire!! The Zora Neale Hurston Story."
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