Jeremy Brunger thought that university would be an equalizer. Instead, he found a mirror of greater society.
Why We Need H.L. Mencken
Could a sharp-tongued journalist with a reputation for bitter honesty be the person we need to bring some sense to our 24/7 media circus?
Seven Questions for a Poet
If you could ask seven questions of a modern poet, what would they be?
Why Don’t We Read?
It took two hundred thousand years for man to develop the written word, another five thousand years to mass-produce it, and one generation to forget it.
Philosophy and Despair in the 21st Century
Before our contemporary salves and self-helps, there were the arts, foremost among them philosophy. Jeremy Brunger uses a range of media to process his own melancholia.
Reflections on Old Age from a Young Man
Is Age a number, a state of mind, or what our bodies do? Jeremy Brunger considers “that awful specter”.
On Existential Manhood
Is manhood something we have or something we put on? Jeremy Brunger looks at how we show people who we are.
the short autobiography of a lay
Jeremy Brunger takes us to a Middle Eastern market and beyond in this lush poem of male desire.
What Do We Do With Our American Rage?
The events surrounding Ferguson are producing ripple effects here and abroad. What do we do with this potential?
Desexualizing the Modern Gay Man
Are people trying to help the gay rights movement doing more harm than good?
Growing Up Gay in the Modern American South
The modern South, and being a gay man there, is everything and nothing you’d expect it to be.