Bio: Jared Morningstar is a high school English teacher and adjunct English professor at Saginaw Valley State University and Delta College. He writes about his interests and observations of the world around him. Morningstar has published three collections of poetry and prose (American Fries, American Reality, and A Slice of American Pie) through Alien Buddha Press, and he was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2020. He lives in Michigan with his wife and children.

Thank You (For Helping Me Learn How to be a Real Man)for Jason Isbell Thank you for telling us that you don’t know what being a real man means because, now, I don’t feel so alone. I’ve always preferred guitars over guns, and it made me an outcast growing up in a town where schools choose to celebrate Deer Season over Dr. King; violence and death over peace and love…