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Category: Splice Today

Dirty Realist Protests Too Much

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 ~ Michael Davis

Read my latest on Splice Today, a response to Alex Perez’s piece on the not-so-lost art of “dirty realism”: https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/dirty-realist-protests-too-much

Machines Can’t Teach Us To Be Human

December 30, 2021 ~ Michael Davis

Attending an all-boys school felt like prison.  Read my latest on Splice Today:

 

The New Puritanism Isn’t Without Precedent

November 22, 2021 ~ Michael Davis

Read my latest on Splice Today: https://www.splicetoday.com/on-campus/the-new-puritanism-isn-t-without-precedent

Convicting Kyle Rittenhouse Shouldn’t Be Easy

November 11, 2021 ~ Michael Davis

Read my latest on Splice Today: https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/convicting-kyle-rittenhouse-shouldn-t-be-easy

Biden’s Obsession with Optics

August 17, 2021 ~ Michael Davis

My latest on Splice Today: https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/biden-s-obsession-with-optics.

Costumes of the Moment

July 26, 2021 ~ Michael Davis

My latest on Splice Today. Read it here: https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/costumes-of-the-moment.

Politics Can Be Civil in Spite of the Media

October 28, 2020 ~ Michael Davis

My latest on Splice Today.  Read it here: https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/politics-can-be-civil-in-spite-of-the-media

The Illusion of American Deterioration

September 29, 2020 ~ Michael Davis

The United States is still pretty great.  Read about it on Splice Today: https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/the-illusion-of-american-deterioration.

Watching Political Conventions is Like Worshiping the Dead

August 28, 2020 ~ Michael Davis

Read my latest in Splice Today: https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/watching-political-conventions-is-like-worshiping-the-dead

Compulsory Education Might Be a Necessary Evil

July 28, 2020 ~ Michael Davis

I want to believe in the system, its language and agency, even as I distrust it.  Read it here: https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/compulsory-education-might-be-a-necessary-evil

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Welcome. I write fiction and nonfiction for magazines, work as a freelance writer / editor / journalist, and teach composition and fiction writing.

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