John Brown Spiers

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John Brown Spiers is a former academic and lifelong overthinker. He’s written many short things and abandoned many long ones. He grew up in the Midwest, currently lives in the South, and would get lost in a different forest every day if he could. He is trying very hard.
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He’s Going through Things, but He’s Not Part of the Experience

I pay attention to Tom Brady the same way I do to most of the bland rabble of superstar douchebros: he exists, his unquestionable success means he has his very own personality cult, and his wealth and fame make him invincible. Which is to say I didn’t realize that just a few months after his non-retirement, Brady signed a nine-figure,…