Paul Shirley Archive

• 2January 31, 2012

  A Million Miles An Hour (Thanksdude), by Paul Shirley

  {No problem. I’ll pick it up on the way over.} I type, {Thanks dude} I stare at my phone. What,...

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• 4January 24, 2012

  The Weather In Neverland, by Paul Shirley

  As obvious a metaphor as ever there was: Los Angeles is Neverland. Adults dress like children, grown men rise at...

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• 4January 17, 2012

  Speechless, by Paul Shirley

  Brooklyn, New York A hand on the nape of my neck. She pulls me down to her face, closing her...

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• 19January 10, 2012

  Warning: May Cause Self-Loathing, by Paul Shirley

  I don’t like myself. This is not something I ever thought I’d feel compelled to write, or even to think....

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• 0January 3, 2012

  The Internal Monologue Of A 67-Year-Old Woman As She Watches The Trailer For The 3-D Version Of Titanic, by Paul Shirley

  GREEN SCREEN: WHITE TEXT: “The Following PREVIEW Has Been Approved For APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES” 00:00:00 Jeesh! Another one? I didn’t pay...

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• 0December 28, 2011

  Eyes, by Paul Shirley

  These eyes, looking up at me from the curb. They’re about to leave me, these eyes. Not forever, or at...

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• 9December 20, 2011

  Settlers Of Cool, by Paul Shirley

  It has become cool to call yourself a nerd; to say that you once struggled to make sense of the...

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• 1December 6, 2011

  The Tebow Effect, by Paul Shirley

  I don’t like Tim Tebow. Because I don’t watch much football, my dislike of Tim Tebow is based on specious...

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• 6November 29, 2011

  Sports: The New American God, by Paul Shirley

  Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, it became clear that sexual misconduct between priests and young boys was and had...

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• 0November 22, 2011

  What I’m Thankful For, by Paul Shirley

  Long brown hair, Pale blue eyes. California sunsets, Kansas City skies.   The books of Richard Russo, Music by Arcade...

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