Hannah Einbinder is a Real One.

Living in a Make-A-Wish simulation for one demented pedophile stinks.

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

Less than two days to go! Nominations for the 2026 Le Guin Prize close at midnight tomorrow, March 31st. If you need an incentive, here's a fun fact: one lucky nominator will be chosen at random to win this gorgeous stack of books—last year's entire shortlist! www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...

I've seen people trying to defend it today by saying "No, no, I just use it to brainstorm, bounce ideas, I do the actual writing" and with all the kindness in the world I need to tell you: if there is a stage of writing you are not good at, you need to get good, not use the plagiarism machine.

This is what social media is meant to be about.

Epic chokemaxxing by clavicular, who really mogged that guy’s elbow joint with his neck.

I don't know about you, but I do not think that our nation's worst representatives in congress should take the role of our community's school boards in deciding what is best for each community. Creating a mandate like HR 7661 to remove whatever books some kook in DC doesn't like is wild

If you're saying to yourself, "you know what my spring is missing? a novel about death" then have I got good news for you. Remember You Will Die ebooks are $1.99 for all of April! Stock up your cellar for summer! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CS1GV1TY

Just a little informal poll - did you know that the "G" in G-spot stands for... "Grafenberg"? Ernst Grafenberg was okay, as far as those guys go, but like why did he get to name a body part Anyway, happy belated International Women's Day

Recent pick -- I really loved BEINGS by @ilanaslightly.bsky.social Less recent? SO BIG by Edna Ferber

Please buy my books so I can buy more books, thank you for your attention to this crucial matter

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

You can't have a creative life without failure, sorry!! So why not develop a benign relationship to it? Join us tonight for a little taste of how to make that happen!

Never thought I'd spend so much of my time on this planet reassuring computers that I'm not a robot

Living under capitalism is like being forced to play a board game you dislike where the rules are boring, unfair and nonsensical but which the winners, who started with an advantage, keep explaining are excellent, and if you try improve the game you’re “cheating” but if you stop playing you’ll die

I don't know if it's just due to delirium from being at the airport for 4 hours, but it appears a young kid is helping another young kid put on a giant inflatable dragon costume with no adults in sight

Digging into the phenomenology of cheeseburgers is the sort of thing that keeps me coming back to the internet, despite everything

First up, a book I read all the way back in January, and which came out in 2024. I am so glad it made the LeGuin shortlist, because until that point, I was distressed how little I'd seen it being discussed for how /interesting/ it is. It is Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins.

Remember You Will Die by @edenrobins.bsky.social is an alternate history sci-fi told entirely in obituaries. I can't remember when I've read something so original while also taking big formal risks. A triumph.

"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.

Well! This was a nice surprise!! Remember You Will Die is Google Play's favorite sci-fi read of 2025! play.google.com/store/books/...

this is so real

"There is nothing inherently liberatory in the imagination,but it must be made so." Please watch the Ursula K. Le Guin prize acceptance speech from @vajra.me and read his work, and support the Sameer Project.

Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall! Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.

On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT. The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...

Fascism is such a fundamental attack on wonder and the human imagination and I think everyone should have the opportunity to let their imagination wonder as it wanders — doesn’t matter what you do for a living. Your mind matters! Your relationship with the universe is meaningful!

My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure. Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing. 3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes. You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

It remains an absolute thrill to be short-listed for this award. I'm making my way through the whole list and these books are IN-CRE-DI-BL-E

We're gearing up for the 1-year anniversary of Remember You Will Die and the audiobook is 70% off until 11/1! Fill your ears with death, art, and weirdness for a temporarily reduced price here: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

Ireland! Please take me back! Allow those with Irish great grandparents to come back! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

I don't know who this "Birdie Horne" is but she sounds very talented and attractive and like she knows a lot about being a crossing guard

🛑It's COVER REVEAL TIME!!!!🛑 Check out this beaut by secret identity @birdiehorne.bsky.social! Thanks to William Morrow and Amanda Hudson for capturing Mo at her absolute Mo-iest. Coming your way 6/9/26, and available for pre-order now! www.harpercollins.com/products/don...

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

On a winning reading streak this month: Notes from a Regicide by @isaac-fellman.bsky.social - languid, queer, gloriously strange Rakesfall by @vajra.me - Allow me to be the 1st to say this book rules In the middle of Beings by @ilanaslightly.bsky.social - love it so much I brought it on vacation

It is I! A googly-eyed sock who believes our great power is that the future remains uncertain

"The notion that maybe technology constitutes a source of problems and grievances and people might be looked on as a source of solutions has very rarely entered public policy or even public consciousness." -- Ursula Franklin should be required reading right now.

It is I! A googly-eyed sock who believes our great power is that the future remains uncertain

I found out about it AFTER it got nominated for the LeGuin, but this is a quietly incredible book. Non-linear narrative with bold formal choices. Alternate histories, fascinating futures including the relationships people form with AI. Gorgeous style and a really different approach to sci-fi.

"The notion that maybe technology constitutes a source of problems and grievances and people might be looked on as a source of solutions has very rarely entered public policy or even public consciousness." -- Ursula Franklin should be required reading right now.

As a writer, painter, and former record-store manager, I want to underline every word @bencollins.bsky.social said here. We are fucking human beings who do amazing things. We should absolutely glory in that and not become cogs in somebody's efficiency machine or let ourselves be stripped for parts.

Never not humbling to be a writer

Cannot tell you how unbelievable it feels to be on this shortlist, and in holy cow such amazing company!!!

Not gonna lie, I giggle every time my mustache photo is in a lineup with other author photos

Such a fantastic shortlist! Felicidades to all with a special note for my literary comrade and amigo @edenrobins.bsky.social ✊🏽