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Imperfect Speech

This publication exists for people who live on the outside. It is about language, belief, conscience, faith, power, grief, humor, recovery, and the strange work of remaining human when the room keeps trying to erase you.

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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Aug 22, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Dad (opens the original)

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    Audio Download Available on DesktopThey come. They go.Wasn’t it nice to see Dad? Wasn’t it nice to see him before he dies?They think I don’t hear them, those voices that once cried for comfort. They think I don’t smell their skin, familiar to me as my own. I held each one, naked as the wind, their soft baby flesh pressed to my beating heart.Wasn’t it nice to see Dad? Wasn’t i

  2. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    Live with Timothy E. Lambert (opens the original)

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    Get more from Mack Devlin in the Substack appAvailable for iOS and Android<a class="install-substack-app-embed-link" href="https://substack.com/app/app-store-redirect?utm_campa

  3. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    Ozempocalypse (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="765" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9pF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30e69c61-77d2-429d-a30e-09470b80825e_1731x909.png"

  4. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    Invention of Meaning in the Wasteland: Myth, Memory, and the Mad Max Cycle Part 6 (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="630" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!enbA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd94e29a-f175-4640-b860-44d5abcc07c2_1200x630.png"

  5. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    Invention of Meaning in the Wasteland: Myth, Memory, and the Mad Max Cycle Part 5 (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="630" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!enbA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd94e29a-f175-4640-b860-44d5abcc07c2_1200x630.png"

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