The Republic of Dust by Eric S. Chapman

Orange World and the Wizard: Roadside Fantasies in Disney’s Shadow

On Highway 192, fiberglass fruit and a giant wizard stand beside motels where families live in the shadow of the Magic Kingdom.

Sep 7 • Eric S. Chapman

August 2025

The Mourning Doves of Lovejoy Cemetery

The circus wreck, the unknown dead, and the evening doves of Durand, Michigan

Aug 29 • Eric S. Chapman

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Cracker Barrel’s Identity Crisis: A Marketer’s Take on Why the Logo Debate Hits a Nerve

When a company changes its logo, it usually doesn’t make national news.

Aug 22 • Eric S. Chapman

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"Drowned in Glory" The Colonial Epitaph That Refused to Lie

How a young physician's drowning became Hartford, Connecticut's most unflinching memorial

Aug 21 • Eric S. Chapman

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The Forgotten Michigan Stonehenge

One man brought the nation home in stone, and left it in the woods for anyone to find

Aug 10 • Eric S. Chapman

July 2025

The Out-of-This-World Life of Lucia Pamela

The jazz-playing, Moon-recording, coloring-book-drawing legend you’ve never heard of—until now

Jul 24 • Eric S. Chapman

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36 Original Hits, Zero Punk: A Late-Night Mystery from the VHS Abyss

A tale of Aqua Net, mislabeled rebellion, and $275 nostalgia

Jul 8 • Eric S. Chapman

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June 2025

To Be Seen Is to Disrupt

On Protest, Erasure, and the Deep Structure of State Violence

Jun 11 • Eric S. Chapman

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April 2025

The Postmodern Conservative: Risk, Denial, and the Paradox of Reaction

Updated slightly: September 15, 2025.

Apr 7 • Eric S. Chapman

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The Old Leatherman and the Sacred Act of Disappearing

On silence, the Old Leatherman, and the ache to vanish without leaving

Apr 6 • Eric S. Chapman

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February 2025

The Treachery of Looking

How a Single Sentence Traps Us in a Paradox—From Brautigan to Magritte, Cage, and Escher

Feb 20 • Eric S. Chapman

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The Farmer and the Phantom

The Man Who Fell in Love with an Alien

Feb 14 • Eric S. Chapman

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