Ian McLeod

Ian McLeod is an author and entrepreneur from the humid depths of Dixie. His books include the pop-satire DARWINVERSE series, and three books of poetry--BILGE PUMP OF A TURGID MIND, VALVE COVER GASKET OF THE ENGINE OF DESPAIR, and LAUNCH EVERYTHING; LET GOD SORT IT OUT

June 29, 2019

Culture·Finances·Nationalism·Politics·Student Loans

The Duty Of Student Loan Forgiveness

Editor’s Note: Our resident Poet Laureate, Ian Mcleod, shares his thoughts on Student Loan Forgiveness. You can read more of our thoughts on Student Loan Forgiveness here. Time to take a position

February 19, 2021

Poetry and You

As Poet Laureate for the Men of the West, I suppose I’m uniquely qualified to write this article. But mostly I’m plagiarizing my old college lit prof, Dr. C., who deeply influenced my writing. I’d written poetry before taking his

February 22, 2020

When the Millennial Learns To Hate

January 31, 2020

Influential Works, No. 1

Art·Culture·Literature

Influential Works II – “To A Mouse”

February 19, 2020

Editor’s Note: Ian is sharing his posts with us at MOTW, but you can always read them on his own site, as well (along with some of his other ventures, including podcasts,

Culture·Literature

Influential Works, Intro

January 30, 2020

It’s important, especially for younger creatives, to build your foundation on the rock of civilization rather than the sands of pop-culture. There is a place for the latter, but you need to

Literature

Dead Tree Version — Chapter 9

March 23, 2019

Chapter 9: Waterboarding Kittens, And Other After-School Activities To God, a thousand years is a day and a day is a thousand years: to Our Hero, it was two months. Two weeks

Literature

Dead Tree Version — Chapters 7-8

February 25, 2019

Chapter 7: C’est La… [G-d’s note: this entire chapter never happened. Not one word. That’s not how it works. Dear Author, that’s really not how it works. And anyway, I’m nothing like

Literature

Dead Tree Version — Chapter 6

February 16, 2019

Chapter 6: Anomie Anemone Our Hero wasn’t happy with the story so far. He’d just written his chapter mirroring the ideological speech from Achilles Stood by She Who Must Not Be Named. Our

Literature

Dead Tree Version — Chapter 5

February 9, 2019

Chapter 5: CafeNostrumCon The morning after Carrie tended to Our Hero in his gloriously high state, she was feeling good. Damn good. She’d gone home that morning (after leaving a fresh pot

Literature

DEAD TREE VERSION — Chapter 4

January 29, 2019

Chapter 4: But They’re Raping Dostoevsky! Our Hero and Carrie laughed all the way to her car. They’d just finished breakfasting at The Awful Waffle, where, while paying for the check, they

Literature

Dead Tree Version — Chapters 2 and 3

January 23, 2019

Chapter 2: Porn Star Dies Of Syphilis, Film At 11 When Our Hero returned to his apartment after lunch with his dear friend Carrie, he found the rest of Liz’s things were

Culture·Literature

Dead Tree Version — Chapter One

January 14, 2019

Author’s Note: What follows over coming weeks and months is the serialization of the second edition of my novel, Dead Tree Version. It is the first in a pop-satire series, which upon

Culture·Family·Nationalism·Philosophy

YouTube Tutorials And You

January 3, 2019

Hey everyone, I’m not exactly new to Men of the West; they’ve kindly shared my poetry, and we’ll have an exciting announcement for another project pretty soon. But this is my first

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Ian McLeod

The Duty Of Student Loan Forgiveness

Poetry and You

When the Millennial Learns To Hate

Influential Works, No. 1

Influential Works II – “To A Mouse”

Influential Works, Intro

Dead Tree Version — Chapter 9

Dead Tree Version — Chapters 7-8

Dead Tree Version — Chapter 6

Dead Tree Version — Chapter 5

DEAD TREE VERSION — Chapter 4

Dead Tree Version — Chapters 2 and 3

Dead Tree Version — Chapter One

YouTube Tutorials And You

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