About Heretical Wisdom

Welcome to this thing. I’m John Estes, a writer and professor of creative writing.

Heretical Wisdom resists the need to define itself, to appeal to a market, to find a niche, to be one thing at the expense of being another. It's sole desire is to be entirely itself on any given day, to be various and entertaining, to be of use, to be in community with readers committed to the deep pleasures of love and relativity.

Please follow and support my work. Paid subscribers ($11/mo. $111/yr. cheap!) get full access, plus join me in the comments and private chat.

At the Founders level, in addition to the good karma of supporting this endeavor, you will also receive a 6-month membership to The Long Schoolroom.

The Long Schoolroom is an experimental community of practice for writers and makers seeking creative growth in art, love, spirit, work, and the world.

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The Heretical Collective

The stock title to this section was “Join the crew.” But if you were a joiner, you wouldn’t be here, and I wouldn’t want you! But as individuals radically tracking our true wills in the world, the nourishment and challenge of friends is necessary.

So please subscribe/support and come along for that.