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Truths I've come to know in the 30th year of life
A list that lacks comprehensiveness and the actual poetry of experience, but worth it in any case.
Nov 10, 2025 • Matt Zamudio
Old men
There is a hole in my heart in the shape of an old man
Oct 8, 2025 • Matt Zamudio
The aboriginal desire to die in a field
On the morbid fantasies of young men
Oct 3, 2025 • Matt Zamudio
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Things I saw on my daily dog walk
Apr 12, 2023 • Matt Zamudio
I made it to 100
Nov 4, 2022 • Matt Zamudio
I write like I talk
Dec 2, 2022 • Matt Zamudio
The archetype of the writer
Oct 28, 2022 • Matt Zamudio
A brief announcement
Jan 17, 2023 • Matt Zamudio
Slow art, fast art
Nov 18, 2022 • Matt Zamudio
Mere Contemporary Laudation
A bit of inspiration from an athlete.
Nov 1, 2024 • Matt Zamudio
Hippie Hippie Hoorah
The rebellions of the 1960's prompt us to ask: what does it mean to be punk rock?
Oct 25, 2024 • Matt Zamudio
Better Than Caravaggio
Art is just a bunch of valiant and worthwhile attempts.
Oct 18, 2024 • Matt Zamudio
Letter to Diognetus
On the seemingly collective rejection of God and the philosophies of René Girard.
Oct 11, 2024 • Matt Zamudio
The Hard Thing
In which Aldous Huxley and I admit we made mistakes.
Oct 4, 2024 • Matt Zamudio
On martyrdom
Meditations on martyrs.
Sep 16, 2024 • Matt Zamudio
Works of mercy
And a small essay on fearful intellectuals.
May 24, 2024 • Matt Zamudio
Things I saw at Wrigley Field
Take me out to the ballpark.
May 3, 2024 • Matt Zamudio
Paragon of animals
What a piece of work is man.
Apr 26, 2024 • Matt Zamudio
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