Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
Departures
Harmony House
The Memory of My Shadow
Music
Passing Strangers
Archive
About
Latest
Top
Discussions
The Third Act
Passing Strangers: A middle-aged man with a bad back and a purple crayon
Jul 10
•
Ben Wakeman
23
Share this post
Catch & Release
The Third Act
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
7
June 2025
A Boy and a Popsicle
Passing Strangers: The heart wants what the heart wants
Jun 30
•
Ben Wakeman
31
Share this post
Catch & Release
A Boy and a Popsicle
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
23
Who wore it best?
Passing Strangers: An influencer is influenced
Jun 23
•
Ben Wakeman
22
Share this post
Catch & Release
Who wore it best?
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
15
Someone Has to Clean Up the Mess
Passing Strangers: A tired woman must take the long way home
Jun 15
•
Ben Wakeman
12
Share this post
Catch & Release
Someone Has to Clean Up the Mess
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
6
A Safe Distance
Passing Strangers: A man follows his heart a little too closely
Jun 9
•
Ben Wakeman
23
Share this post
Catch & Release
A Safe Distance
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
18
The Public Library
Passing Strangers: A man drives away the dark angels
Jun 2
•
Ben Wakeman
29
Share this post
Catch & Release
The Public Library
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
25
May 2025
Kick Drum
Passing Strangers: A woman's haunted by the backbeat of a former lover
May 26
•
Ben Wakeman
31
Share this post
Catch & Release
Kick Drum
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
20
Writing a Dam Novel
A personal essay on my approach to novel writing and the perils of "arriving."
May 20
•
Ben Wakeman
25
Share this post
Catch & Release
Writing a Dam Novel
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
10
Fighting Words: Can AI Be Useful to a Writer?
Here's a new dispatch on my latest discoveries in tinkering with the machines.
May 10
•
Ben Wakeman
30
Share this post
Catch & Release
Fighting Words: Can AI Be Useful to a Writer?
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
40
April 2025
Passing Strangers
Table of contents for a series of character portraits.
Apr 30
•
Ben Wakeman
5
Share this post
Catch & Release
Passing Strangers
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
1
You Won't Remember
A prose poem in celebration of Earth Day 2025. This piece is part of the Future of Nature project.
Apr 22
•
Ben Wakeman
40
Share this post
Catch & Release
You Won't Remember
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
37
A Festival, A House Party, and An Unreasonable Number of Metaphors
The Artist in the Machine: Part III - The last of three personal essays on my crashes and stalls at the intersection of art and commerce.
Apr 17
•
Ben Wakeman
27
Share this post
Catch & Release
A Festival, A House Party, and An Unreasonable Number of Metaphors
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
41
Share
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
