Archive - hive Being: M. A. Istvan Jr.'s Academic and Creative Writing

The Repudiation of Reality Beneath the Cry of Appropriation

Let's workshop this poem about how so many demand recognition for cultural contributions while ignoring the cosmic reality that we are all transient…

15 hrs ago •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

MADE FOR YOU AND ME 2: hive Being (Stanzas 2017—part 46)

Let's workshop this stanza sequence about poisoning dogs, child sexuality, grizzly bears, hallucinations, ghost hauntings, technology, the relief of…

Nov 19 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

Draft of Introductory Remarks to "From Meme to Gene"

Let’s workshop this intro to a piece that explores how cultural memes can, under the right evolutionary pressures and over vast stretches of time…

Nov 18 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

MADE FOR YOU AND ME 2: hive Being (Stanzas 2017—part 45)

Let's workshop this stanza sequence about fentanyl, Plato, foreign languages, execution, dogs, symptoms, illness, coffee, wintertime, ancient…

Nov 17 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

Photograph of a Woman Who Fell off Her Bike (ROUND 3)

Let's workshop this poem about a photographer obsessed with an artistic calling that has taken over his life like a demon

Nov 16 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

Photograph of a Woman Who Fell off Her Bike (ROUND 2)

Let's workshop this poem about a photographer obsessed with an artistic calling that has taken over his life like a demon

Nov 15 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

Jordan (ROUND 2)

Let’s workshop this piece about the counterproductive nature of the rhetorical evasions we commonly see from Jordan Peterson when it comes to literalist…

Nov 14 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

Let’s workshop this piece about the counterproductive nature of the rhetorical evasions we commonly see from Jordan Peterson when it comes to literalist…

Nov 13 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

Double Diddled by Dad and Diddy

Let’s workshop this poem about the relentless pursuit of personal autonomy devolving into a rudderless state: primitive desires overriding better…

Nov 12 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

MADE FOR YOU AND ME 2: hive Being (Stanzas 2017—part 44)

Let's workshop this stanza sequence about irresistibly tight ("toight!")--fatally tight--marriage nights, Keenan Ivory Wayans, bald spots, pressing hard…

Nov 11 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

You Are Modes of the Stuff If Made Solely from the Stuff (ROUND 2)

Let's workshop this poem about how, if everything originates from a single source, we are already as close to this divine essence as we ever can be

Nov 10 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

Re: Campus Warrior Apologetics

Let's workshop this literary peek into what things might come to, especially if Donald derangement picks up beyond the McCarthy heights of safe-space…

Nov 9 •

M. A. Istvan Jr.

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