David Gate has a popular following online, but his best poems suggest he’s not entirely comfortable as an influencer. By Jeff Gordinier Jeff Gordinier recently won the James Beard Foundation’s M.F.K.

Many of us chuckle when we’re encouraged to take “me time” and some of us might have negative reactions when we hear people talk about “self-care,” in terms of self-indulgence — as if a momentary ...