If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

The Franklin Park Reading Series Season Finale was a smash—huge thanks to mesmerizing readers @angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social & Wah-Ming Chang, and lots of ❤️ to our awesome audience! 🗓️We’ll be back Jan. 12!

MONDAY, 8PM: Join us for the Franklin Park Reading Series, featuring an all-star lineup: @angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! #Free! #crownheights shorturl.at/9gnfC

ONE WEEK AWAY--MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8PM: Can't wait for the Franklin Park Reading Series Season Finale with superstars @angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! #Free Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC

We hope you've enjoyed ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY as much as we have 🥰 Contributor @drovarela.bsky.social was interviewed by Julián Delgado Lopera about his new epistolary novel MIDDLE SPOON for @electricliterature.com. Check out this convo on anxiety and heartbreak: buff.ly/MLuaVWm

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 8PM: Join us for the Franklin Park Reading Series Season Finale, featuring @angelaflournoy.bsky.social, Tim Blake Nelson, @drovarela.bsky.social, @megancummins.bsky.social, @jennifersears.bsky.social, and Wah-Ming Chang! Details: shorturl.at/9gnfC #Free #crownheights

National Book Award finalist and renowned middle child Alejandro Varela tells us about being gay while heartbroken (@drovarela.bsky.social) buff.ly/oW5GR6Q

Thanks! I hope you enjoy it. If not, give it to someone you dislike.

Thanks @lithub.com.web.brid.gy for providing space for so many of us to share our work (and ideas).

“I’d wanted to dissect, intellectualize, and dramatize the pain of loss.” @drovarela.bsky.social on writing a novel that questions everything about love and heartbreak.

I spoke with the great Sarah Schulman about her exceptional new book, which is a bracingly practical guide to building solidarity now, based on her decades as an activist for people with AIDS, Palestine and more. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.” The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

MIDDLE SPOON, Sept 2025 @vikingbooks.bsky.social. Not the book I set out to write, but the one I needed to. Couldn't be prouder of it. I hope it induces dialog, empathy, & fits of laughter. Pre-orders welcome. (Link in bio.) Thanks for supporting me/my work. 🙏🏽 Colin Webber for the design.

🧵Thread: How I Make Money and Survive as a Writer. I grew up with a household income of around 22k a year and recently transitioned out of the service industry to writing full-time. Hope some of this helps!

Join me & the incredible @livesinpages.bsky.social in January to discuss Revolting Indolence! An evening of indolent theorizing, good chisme, & so much more. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/marcos-gon...

This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...

This guy is the personification of a Bernie policy. Structural target. Mass appeal. Well planned.

A press release from the American Association of Anaesthesiologists condemns this new policy change and asks the public to reach out and complain to legislators.

Israel killed 100 people in Gaza today. I listened to NPR this evening, and this wasn’t even reported in passing. There was even a report about an initiative to save endangered wolves somewhere, but no mention of the 100 people who were killed in less than 24 hours.

I finally made a Substack newsletter. In this first issue: Writing advice no one wants, an early year-end reflection, the last writer I had dinner with, and more deeshaphilyaw.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

I withdrew my work from consideration for the Jean Stein Award. I can't align myself with a human rights org that waits 5 months to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, while platforming zionists & pretending there's nuance to genocide. ✊🏽🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 ✊🏽WAWOG

Inspired. Will attempt 3rd person.

Had a dentist appt a couple months ago, during which I told her about my first book. She was effusive, but I assumed she was being polite. Had a follow-up yesterday & my novel was in the waiting area. She was already the best dentist I've ever had. Will wait till cleaning to tell her about 2nd book.