Absurdia Now

A Country of Strangers: Death, Despair, and Indifference in the United States

One of the few guarantees in life is loss.

May 5 • David Masciotra

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April 2026

A Meeting of Rev. Jesse Jackson and Andy Sipowicz

NYPD Blue, Black writers, and the attack on DEI

Apr 19 • David Masciotra

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Who's Counting? Gas Prices, the Stock Market, and Dead Children

Collapsing in panic over the price of gas is a characteristically incoherent American tradition.

Apr 14 • David Masciotra

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March 2026

The History of ICE Proves the Case for Its Abolition

An interview with Mike Lofgren, a former Republican staff member of the US Senate, on the case for abolishing ICE

Mar 31 • David Masciotra

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Imperial Blowback and Communal Rebellion

A conversation with an ICE observer in Minneapolis

Mar 9 • David Masciotra

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February 2026

The Poetic Synthesis of Rev. Jesse Jackson's Life: Love, Rage, and Leadership

A tribute and reflection on our friendship

Feb 21 • David Masciotra

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Tales of Ordinary Madness: Warren Haynes, Charles Bukowski, and the Darkness of the American Dream

A new remix of the stunning and defiant, politically powerful solo debut of Warren Haynes

Feb 14 • David Masciotra

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In a Holding Cell with a Transgender Migrant: Searching for the Politics of the Humane

A reporter for the BBC once asked me, “So why does Jesse Jackson matter?” He was reacting to the subtitle of my book, I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson…

Feb 2 • David Masciotra

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January 2026

“Put the Blood Back In”: Martín Espada on Poetry, Book Banning, and Radical Politics

A profile of America's leading political poet

Jan 22 • David Masciotra

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The Absurdity and Barbarity of the "Immigration Debate": Breaking Free from the "Colonial Framework"

The murder of Renee Nicole Good, and American history, with thoughts from Camilo Perez-Bustillo and Martín Espada

Jan 15 • David Masciotra

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Playlist for the Apocalypse: "Idiot Box" by Sharon Van Etten

Playlist for the Apocalypse

Jan 9 • David Masciotra

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The Absurdity and Misogyny of the "Men's Crisis" Discourse

One of the worst conditions of contemporary American culture is that language no longer clarifies, informs, or explains.

Jan 4 • David Masciotra

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