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I really enjoy writing critical and cultural nonfiction pieces, and try to do so whenever the chance arises. If you would like me to write something for your paper-based or electronic-based publication, just drop me a line at ilikejason at hotmail dot com.

00|A thorn in the paw: Elephants, the media, and the trampling of our culture
(Published by Kiss Machine)
00|Old Skool and New Media: Distributing your poetry at the millennium
(Published by About.com)
00|Based On a True Story: Douglas Martin's "Outline of My Lover"
(Published by Quimby's Bookstore)
99|Virtual Orgy: DisneyQuest and the Fall of the American Empire
99|Why Do We Love? Why Do We Long?: the work of Emily Pohl-Weary
(Published by Quimby's Bookstore)
99|A Devil On His Shoulder: Dan Raeburn's The Imp
(Published by Quimby's Bookstore)
00|My 2000th visitor
Meet Jamie Wasserman, the 2000th visitor to my website
00|An ode to Shappy
A small tribute to the greatest poet of the 20th century
98|How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Creamed Corn and the art of hyperfiction
98|A response to Bobby Conn
Concerning the problems with the contemporary visual art community
98|Cheetos and Dr. Pepper: the work of Adrian Tomine
(Published by Quimby's Bookstore)
98|A fan letter to David Foster Wallace
98|Generation X Is Dead! Long Live Generation X!
Review of Douglas Coupland's Girlfriend In A Coma
98|Portrait of a Crush
Review of Kirstin Bakis' Lives of the Monster Dogs
98|The Quarter Booths
Concerning porn stores in Chicago
97|Cry, the Beloved Stephen King
Concerning the importance of bad celebrites
97|Smells Like Sweat -- Must be the Finals
Concerning the 1997 National Poetry Slam
(Published by the Poetry Channel)
97|The Thing Is
Concerning sex and strangers
97|Pavement and Strap-On Dildos
Concerning gender and sexuality
96|Wine, Warhol and You
Concerning the "After Hours" program at the Chicago Art Institute
(Published by MOOjuice)
95|My Date with Liz Phair
(Published by Lick magazine)
96|Untitled (Nerd Story)
(Published by riot nrrd)