Burnout Culture

Three and a half drafts

How to write a nonfiction book (part three)

Apr 30 • Jonathan Malesic

March 2026

Don't write a book

How to write a nonfiction book, part two

Mar 9 • Jonathan Malesic

February 2026

How to write a nonfiction book (part one)

Think for a long time

Feb 9 • Jonathan Malesic

December 2025

My gift to you

No matter why you subscribe, there's a treat for you inside

Dec 17, 2025 • Jonathan Malesic

November 2025

A modern master of figurative painting

I have a new essay on Jenny Saville in Commonweal, based on a stunning career retrospective in Fort Worth

Nov 28, 2025 • Jonathan Malesic

My cover story for America magazine!

On Marian art in the age of digital distraction

Nov 18, 2025 • Jonathan Malesic

Update on what I'm into

For your parasocial enjoyment

Nov 11, 2025 • Jonathan Malesic

September 2025

On the power of looking away

We are at the mercy of online weirdos. It's time to exercise the real power we have over them.

Sep 16, 2025 • Jonathan Malesic

My next book: DEAR STUDENT

Letters on Life and Learning in College

Sep 8, 2025 • Jonathan Malesic

August 2025

A letter to new college students

Welcome to college in the age of AI and digital distraction. It's time to step up.

Aug 21, 2025 • Jonathan Malesic

May 2025

AI will revolutionize education the way a gambling addiction will revolutionize your bank account

I have a new essay in The Hedgehog Review on AI; I hope you'll read it

May 22, 2025 • Jonathan Malesic

April 2025

More on students and politics

Do we still believe the university contributes, through its teaching, to the common good?

Apr 4, 2025 • Jonathan Malesic