
Malibu Poet Laureate 2020-21 | Professor @Pepperdine | @NEAarts | @Stanford Stegner Fellow | Work in @TheAtlantic @TheSunMagazine @Southern_Review @TheSchooner
Malibu, CA
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Many thanks to Mark Danowsky for publishing my poem “The Bottom” at ONE ART (@oneartpoetry1). oneartpoetry.com/2023/06/17/… via @oneartpoetry1
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Viruses like HIV and CMV don’t just evade immunity - they reshape the host from within.
One way they do it? By targeting the cell’s ability to make proteins.
SARS-CoV-2 belongs in this group. It interferes with how ribosomes are made and used.
What that means - and why it matters 🧵
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This is WILD.
The reason Trump defunded the National Weather Service leading to the deaths of all those girls in the Texas flood is because PROJECT 2025 THOUGHT WEATHER PREDICTION SCIENCE WAS TIED TO EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
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When experts warned for months that the NWS “is being destroyed” by Trump’s personnel cuts, Howard Lutnick assured Congress that forecasting won’t be affected. Now TX officials are blaming a faulty forecast by NWS for the deadly impact of a storm. open.substack.com/pub/meidas…
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“Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life,” wrote five former NWS directors from both Democratic and Republican administrations in an open letter on May 2nd.
In Houston, 44% of NWS positions are vacant.
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I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.
I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states. I’ve been attacked on Fox News, berated by the VP and others and like many of you, I’ve gotten death threats.
So please believe me when I say this. Things have changed.
ICE is going to be the vehicle for fascism in this country. The extra-judicial practices (no warrants, no ID), the masks (anonymity leads to horrors again and again throughout history), the dehumanization of immigrants and Democrats (dehumanization precedes arrests, torture, murder, again and again).
No we are not going to be Nazi Germany because nothing in history matches Nazi Germany.
But fascism has arrived in America. Here is how it is going to happen:
ICE will be the vehicle, the gestapo empowered by the President, to enforce his will, first among vulnerable undocumented people, then among legal immigrants, then among political rivals, then among citizens who speak out against the Trump grift.
This is not a hypothetical. It’s happening.
That Big Dumb Racist bill gives $170 billion dollars for an organization which has no respect for the constitution, no oversight, nothing but marching orders from a couple racist, power-hungry madmen.
$170 billion to build hidden prisons with no oversight. To put this in perspective, this is 62% larger than the entire federal prison system.
$170 billion to drag people out of their places of work, parks, homes. $170 billion to hire racist little man babies who hide their faces as they assault children, old people, pregnant women.
How do you think this goes? How has this ever gone in history? We are entering a dark period.
Our only hope is to draw the line now. To stick up for our friends and neighbors, our co-workers and loved ones, who are undocumented and being hunted.
If morality or empathy for them is not enough to motivate you, fine. Then let this be your motivation: if you don’t draw this line, you are next.
Do you think Trump will grow a conscience? Do you think Stephen Miller will have any trouble going from, “these people are criminals” (them) to “these people are helping criminals?” (You, by being against Trump). To “we must arrest the traitors opposing our efforts to arrest criminals?” (You or anyone you care about who publicly opposes Trump.)
Do you think republican congressman are going to care? To lift onefinger to protect you? To do anything which gets in the way of Trump’s agenda?
A person who has no problem letting children with cancer die in order to put a few dollars in the pockets of rich men will have no problem with letting Democrats and activists rot in jail for trying to stop it.
This has happened again and again throughout the world. And now it’s happening here.
I wish I had concrete plans. I don’t. Not now. All I know is the first step for change is identifying the gravity of the truth.
And the truth is fascism has arrived in America.
And we must stop it in its tracks or it will swallow all of us.
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List of NEA grant recipients no longer receiving funding. You don't have to care. You just have to know. @ElectricLit @onestorymag @RedHenPress etc
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Exciting news! GSEP has been featured in TIME’s Best Colleges for Future Leaders 2025! We’re committed to preparing students to lead and make an impact. Proud to be recognized!
Learn More: bit.ly/4kkDVcJ
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In response to the devastating fires that have impacted so many in the Los Angeles area, the Pepperdine Caruso Law Legal Clinics are launching pro bono disaster response programs to support our neighbors in need and lawyers looking to serve them.
These clinics are strictly pro bono, and we will not share client information with other lawyers nor permit volunteer lawyers to solicit fee-generating cases.
JOB OPPORTUNITY:
Would you like to teach creative writing in Malibu? We’re hiring!
Currently accepting applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Pepperdine University - Malibu.
apply.interfolio.com/152128
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1984 Summer Olympics #TBT
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Pepperdine School of Public Policy is officially expanding to the nation's capital with our new MPP Washington, DC, Track! This program will allow students to expand their foundation built in Malibu and live and learn in Washington, DC, during their final semester.
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Pepperdine University will establish a College of Health Science.
The Board of Regents approved the proposal in a February meeting and gave their overwhelming support to proceed with further exploration of its foundational and future programs.
“Establishing a College of Health Science is among the most ambitious initiatives ever undertaken by the University,” said University President Jim Gash. “We see the tremendous need for healthcare professionals in the region and around the world, and as a Christian university committed to academic excellence, Pepperdine is well positioned to deliver exceptional educational opportunities for students who want to pursue lives of purpose, service, and leadership.”
The first academic tracks of the College of Health Science are proposed to launch in August 2025. These programs initially include two nursing degrees — the bachelor of science and entry-level master’s degree programs in nursing. A speech-language pathology program is also planned for 2025. Future plans include occupational therapy, physician assistant and physical therapy programs.
Pepperdine will also explore the potential for interdisciplinary collaborative programs between its existing colleges and schools.
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Student: I'd love to take your class next semester. Can you send me the syllabus?
Me: Absolutely! It will be ready 45 minutes before the start of the first class.
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Thanks to @LaurelReview and Luke Rolfes for talking to me about my writing and my new novel!
The War Begins in Paris is out on Tuesday!
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