Lael Ewy
Volunteer Language CommentatorLael Ewy is a co-founder and editor of EastWesterly Review, a journal of literary satire at www.postmodernvillage.com, and a writer whose work has appeared in such venues as Denver Quarterly and New Orleans Review and has been anthologized in Troubles Swapped for Something Fresh.
He provided commentary for the Wichita City Paper and articles for Naked City.
He holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a Bachelor of General Studies from Wichita State. Lael supports his writing and reading habits as a lecturer in English at WSU and as a peer educator at WSU's Center for Community Support and Research.
He runs an unaccredited Volvo hospice and is the current caretaker of a family heirloom, a 1965 Ford Mustang.
For fun he wrestles philosophy and literary theory.
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We’ve probably all been there. In the middle of a heated debate, our frustrated opponent hauls out the ol’ “what about . . .” followed by some horrible… -
For some reason, the word shutdown has been on my mind lately…but let’s look at the word itself. Like many in English, it’s a compound word, and my copy… -
The underpinnings of Donald Trump’s leadership style have often been described as “transactional.”Observers and analysts seem to mean by this term an… -
The holiday season and the year’s end have a lot of people taking stock.Gratitude proliferates on social media, a new thanks for every day, for family and… -
After this year’s midterm elections, news-types spent countless hours trying to decide if the results could be described as a “blue wave” or not.“Blue… -
The term “dog whistle” pops up in politics with much higher frequency these days.A literal dog whistle is a whistle that emits sounds at a pitch beyond… -
When an American uses the term “witch hunt,” a few inter-related referents come to mind.The first of these is to the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials of… -
You can’t avoid the word “pumpkin” this time of year, even if you’re the sort of person who avoids pumpkin flavors or pumpkins themselves.“Pumpkin” is a… -
Those who do search engine optimization for a living contend that the hashtag is not all that useful, since few people actually use them to search for the… -
Recent debate over removing Confederate statuary from public spaces illuminates the intersection of words and other forms of expression.The civil rights…
