I’ve got a new piece over at The Rum­pus about the cur­rent state of the world. Here’s a snip­pet:

“But still the hats sold. So many hats. Made in Los Ange­les, where Hol­ly­wood is film­ing the end of the world on a loop. Down goes the Gold­en Gate Bridge. Down goes the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty. The apoc­a­lypse always starts at the coasts and nev­er seems to reach Des Moines.”