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Gavin PaulThe ExecutionYou don’t really see the body drop. The frame is tight, claustrophobic. There is a persistent wobble in the grainy cell phone footage…Dec 13, 2022Dec 13, 2022
Gavin PaulinThe Adventures of Spenser Oakheart, World's Greatest Untenured ProfessorThe GnawingThese are the dark days of summer.Aug 30, 20221Aug 30, 20221
Gavin PaulinHuman PartsThe Corpse, the Ax, and the Ungloved HandOn the Enduring Pleasures of Sad StoriesAug 21, 2021Aug 21, 2021
Gavin PaulThe Hammers and the RibbonIt’s strange how much of your life hides in plain sight. The typewriter has been sitting on the shelf in our living room for years now, on…Jul 15, 20212Jul 15, 20212
Gavin PaulinThe Adventures of Spenser Oakheart, World's Greatest Untenured ProfessorThe LeaveningTry making bread, everyone said. Flour, salt, water, heat. Tap the veins of civilization and marvel at the primal embers of human…Jun 11, 20211Jun 11, 20211
Gavin PaulMemories of the Future, or, Somewhere in Indiana — Reflections on the PandemicAnd then one day the whole world just stopped.Mar 6, 20214Mar 6, 20214