James Taylor Foreman is the author of The Metaphor on Substack. His work has also been featured in The Dispatch, The Advocate, and Chisel Magazine.
His Saturday morning Substack posts (including today’s) have become a staple of my weekend reading, and it was a pleasure to chat with him about a handful of them this week.
We also discussed the Christian qualities of actors and writers, the differences between Los Angeles and Louisiana, Southern Gothic literature, psychedelics, and why you should befriend elderly church ladies. I hope you will enjoy the episode as much as I did! And if you feel so inclined, go ahead and















