Dunstan McGill
TagPlaybilling My Childhood’s Summer Community Theater Exploits
July 1992, Traveling Children’s Theater Production of Cinderella, Palace Guard (Stage Right), 7 years old: I really had disagreements with..
The Gangsta Rap Guide to Dealing With Haters at Work
Tip #1: Remind yourself what Rousseau said about humans being noble savages. Then remind yourself he’s wrong, and actually Dr. Dre was..
How to Get Stood Up
Thursday, 5 p.m. Send tentative text message, painstakingly loose and breezy, so you hide the hours during work you crafted it, Hey! You w..
How I Feel About My Brother Getting Circumcised
We all have those memories. Sitting in the bathtub. Staring at your brother’s penis. Trying to focus on building your bubble-bath mustache..
A Modest Proposal to My Hot Cousin … To Do Some Incest with Me
Hear me out. My cousins are hot. Ok. And not “hot” in a Pam Anderson in Barbed Wire kind of way. Gross. And, dumb. No, my cousins all (or ..
Types of Instagram Narcissism
Food Narcissism: The Cuban breakfast plate, the muy grande Tex-Mex burrito, the sharp knives slicing the artichoke heart—the photos are al..
The Charming Humility of Sugar Ray
I never had a problem with Sugar Ray back in the 90s. I vividly remember singing along to every word on “Fly” on the eight grade bus with ..
Enough With the Children’s Choirs Already!
In John Gardner’s seminal how-to-guide On Becoming a Novelist (a professor once told me all books about writing books suck….except for thi..
Hyper-Active Child Live-Tweets Mr. Rogers Neighborhood
I WILL BE YOUR NEIGHBOR I WILL I WILL X10000 #butwheredoulive?
Same outfit as yesterday @MistaR I want to touch the sides of your shoes..
The False Mystique of Living in Small Town USA
I’m 27 years old. And for approximately 85% of my twenties, I’ve lived in a small town. (The other 15% I was in Rochester, MN, and Minneap..
How I Plan to Spend Today’s April Fool’s Day
Call up an ex-girlfriend living 800 miles away, inform her I haven’t ever stopped thinking about her, in fact, I think we were born for ea..
Six Things We’ve Learned About Creative Writing Online
We were invited to attend the Minnesota Colleges & Universities English and Writing Conference on March 30 at the Minneapolis College ..