critical analysis
content/trigger warnings: brief, oblique references to suicide, suicidal ideation, murder, imperialism, gun violence, gore, blood, cults, classism, imperialism, and war
This brief essay should examine an aspect of craft in a poem, story, or novel.
if you nominate me for a pushcart i will [REDACTED]
an unpaid volunteer survived
us Oligarchs our entertainments, our celebrities, our presidents our wars. yesterday we were
the Prize, small and honored. quell this. authors are no joy.
if you nominate me for a hugo i will [REDACTED]
Hug a prestigious World which is also responsible for
Property profit society and work — no defending it
Hug
- up to five people
- a ballot
- The end sometime
- A con and a special trophy.
We inform the Hugs.
if you nominate me for a nebula i will [REDACTED]
Science Fiction has a fantasy.
This notion grew into an
outstanding life for no more than one writer
And added Drama known as
the industry.
if you nominate me for a PEN anything i will [REDACTED]
America stands at the intersection of the United States and power. Our mission is to defend
ideas who carry out America’s mission
research policy festivals events awards fellowships and more.
America, ahead AWash a sin.
if you nominate me for a Best American anything i will [REDACTED]
The Best American is the finest guest in the field. This system is kind.
if you nominate me for an emmy i will [REDACTED]
cell
us
symbols of competition.
if you nominate me for a tony i will [REDACTED]
America
had success as woman, dancing to the stage. one man
shot up
The community.
In the years that followed,
Entertainment provided New
death. subdued but with difference. For the first time,
tenure, a venture that has continued to this day.
my Award is
Music.
To its reach. To iTunes and Amazon.
To gold men and compact women.
To A medal at dinner.
To armature engraved with gore.
if you nominate me for an oscar i will [REDACTED]
a film world home that is
The:
- people who move.
- art sent to age the world.
- story cure for an outcast future.
- rough ad love of cinema.
if you nominate me for a macarthur i will [REDACTED]
There are three criteria:
An individual who uses their wishes
to enable society.
A project equal
to the
human profession for profit
or limit to
honesti.
a citizen of the United States.
if you nominate me for a pulitzer i will [REDACTED]
Joseph Pulitzer richly endowed his
vision
of art—an America of
monetary power to rule
poetry, music, photography, memoir and audio as subjects adhering to the founder's will
the
Blood on the Field of Grammar
targeting play
criminally capturing land
Afraid of
a struggle with desire.
if you nominate me for a national book award i will [REDACTED]
MISSION
book cult
VALUES
- Books are a cult
- Books provide men discourse
- Books are very here
VISION
- Books are the nation
- The Nation is books
HISTORY
literary history
iz the authors who have helped America.
Science Philosophy Religion History Arts
diffuse the impact of Poetry
so the Nation can
program “the world.”
if you nominate me for a booker i will [REDACTED]
Each year, English transforms
authors. not readers.
if you nominate me for a bafta i will [REDACTED]
you may be less familiar with
a fair and sustainable place
the very heart of art.
all people have the chance but industry and careers screen everyone to inspire
The storyteller cult and
Level the
creative experience for
People from all backgrounds.
if you nominate me for a nobel i will [REDACTED]
Alfred Nobel believed that people are capable of literature.
This left much to the establishment
and out of reach.
if you nominate me for anything i will [REDACTED]
This year, I wrote at least 100,000 words. How many more?
How many
is 100,000 words?
I last How?
This year, I ate words. many?
I wrote at least
and it will make you so sad you might just [REDACTED] too
i am writing this down
because your hands hold my life
as well as your own
save me please
save yourself too
so now you know
how to [REDACTED] me
(or yourself, if you want)
nominate
nominate
nominate
exhortation
Determine what you want most in the world—your metric for success. Is it something given or bestowed, as an award or honor? If so, locate the official description of this symbol's mission or intent. Eviscerate it, by way of blackout or erasure poetry. If it is neither given nor bestowed, but rather shared tenuously between yourself and others—freely, equally—you may skip this exhortation, though you may yet gain some sliver of catharsis by carrying out the preceding with whatever you once—or might have, in another universe—craved.
"critical analysis" was performed on December 28, 2023, as part of my ongoing performance series, performing mfa, in which I perform the work required to attain a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, including playing the roles of my classmates and professors. Each performance concludes with an exhortation, which is a generative prompt that allows the audience to take part in the performance series—on their own terms, in their own spaces—if they so desire.