Ian McLeod is an author and entrepreneur from the humid depths of Dixie. His books include the pop-satire DARWINVERSE series, and three books of poetry--BILGE PUMP OF A TURGID MIND, VALVE COVER GASKET OF THE ENGINE OF DESPAIR, and LAUNCH EVERYTHING; LET GOD SORT IT OUT
As Poet Laureate for the Men of the West, I suppose I’m uniquely qualified to write this article. But mostly I’m plagiarizing my old college lit prof, Dr. C., who deeply influenced
Editor’s Note: Our resident Poet Laureate, Ian Mcleod, shares his thoughts on Student Loan Forgiveness. You can read more of our thoughts on Student Loan Forgiveness here. Time to take a position nobody expects. Student loan forgiveness is an economic,
Editor’s Note: Ian is sharing his posts with us at MOTW, but you can always read them on his own site, as well (along with some of his other ventures, including podcasts,
As stated in the inaugural post to this series, the plan here is simple: The books are selected as I deem fit. I will take requests, but this isn’t an academic exercise,
It’s important, especially for younger creatives, to build your foundation on the rock of civilization rather than the sands of pop-culture. There is a place for the latter, but you need to
Chapter 9: Waterboarding Kittens, And Other After-School Activities To God, a thousand years is a day and a day is a thousand years: to Our Hero, it was two months. Two weeks
Chapter 6: Anomie Anemone Our Hero wasn’t happy with the story so far. He’d just written his chapter mirroring the ideological speech from Achilles Stood by She Who Must Not Be Named. Our
Chapter 5: CafeNostrumCon The morning after Carrie tended to Our Hero in his gloriously high state, she was feeling good. Damn good. She’d gone home that morning (after leaving a fresh pot
Chapter 4: But They’re Raping Dostoevsky! Our Hero and Carrie laughed all the way to her car. They’d just finished breakfasting at The Awful Waffle, where, while paying for the check, they
Chapter 2: Porn Star Dies Of Syphilis, Film At 11 When Our Hero returned to his apartment after lunch with his dear friend Carrie, he found the rest of Liz’s things were
Author’s Note: What follows over coming weeks and months is the serialization of the second edition of my novel, Dead Tree Version. It is the first in a pop-satire series, which upon
Hey everyone, I’m not exactly new to Men of the West; they’ve kindly shared my poetry, and we’ll have an exciting announcement for another project pretty soon. But this is my first
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