PinnedBrook JohnsonMy Country Left or Progressive: A SatireLate night at Grand River State University, a small Midwestern college founded by white men whose ancestors were most likely racists…Nov 30, 2022Nov 30, 2022
Brook JohnsonFalling in Love with Pure Beauty: The Nature of God in Till We Have FacesOrual’s face is grotesque. In C. S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces, beauty is never in the eye of the beholder. The contemporary reader’s…Oct 27, 20202Oct 27, 20202
Brook JohnsonThe Alleged Impossibility of Metaphysics: A Refutation of A. J. AyerIn A. J. Ayer’s “Demonstration of the Impossibility of Metaphysics,” he argues that all metaphysical questions and propositions about the…Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Brook JohnsonReturn of The New Critics: A Critical Analysis of R. V. Young’s At War With the WordIn chapter 1 of R. V. Young’s At War With the Word, he contends that the past 30 years of hostile criticism directed at the New Critics…Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Brook JohnsonEmpathy by Design: Job’s Closet Drama and The Reader-ResponseIf the Book of Job were ever dramatized in its entirety, it would undoubtedly be one of the longest and most tedious productions in…Oct 27, 2020Oct 27, 2020
Brook JohnsonHot Coffee: A Short StoryJade Mitchell loves her phone more than me. We sit across from each other in a booth at Kleiman’s café. She texts while I watch. Jade has…Dec 23, 2019Dec 23, 2019
Brook JohnsonRelatively High: a Short StoryBrett’s lighter flickered in the still darkness of his dorm room. Underneath white sheets I lay beside him, our bodies propped up with…Jun 1, 2019Jun 1, 2019
Brook JohnsonSexting: a Short StoryJade Mitchell loves her phone more than she loves me. We sit across from each other inside Kleiman’s café on GRSU’s campus. She texts while…May 1, 2019May 1, 2019