In 2025, I read 45 books. Here are some of my favorites, often with a […]
Author: Parker LaMascus
Lessons from Perambulation
In 2018 I moved to a walkable city. I probably have driven an average of […]
Poley Awards: the year’s best books (2024)
In four days I will defend my PhD thesis. As a result, I read fewer […]
Masculinity: a manifesto
I. all lions are cats; not all cats are lions So too with males and […]
Haircut Theater & Performed Empathy
I sat on the edge of our bathtub shirtless, covered in shorn locks, and increasingly […]
art museums are full of NFTs
Most paintings are boring, a few have neat colors, I thought then. Art Appreciation Level […]
Poley Awards: the year’s best books (2023)
Sometime between buying my 27-year-old self an ergonomic keyboard and my boss forgetting how long […]
Fourth. Annual. Poley. Awards. (2022)
It’s that time of year again, when I highlight the best books I’ve read using […]
Everything, Everywhere, & Embrace
“You’ve been feeling it too, haven’t you?… Our institutions are crumbling. Nobody trusts their neighbor […]
Ouroboros and the Pursuit of Happiness
It’s two in the morning. I am bleary-eyed, a little hungry, but alert, all senses […]