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…68 min read·Nov 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…11 min read·Oct 27, 2020--1--1
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…9 min read·Oct 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…9 min read·Oct 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…9 min read·Oct 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…15 min read·Dec 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…8 min read·Jun 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…12 min read·May 1, 2019----