Huge honor to be in conversation with Rachel Aviv. Such a masterful writer.

Wrote about Nick Cutter's The Dorians for @reactorsff.bsky.social! reactormag.com/book-review-...

Take a read: lareviewofbooks.org/article/suit...

"The audacity of aiming high and being truly ambitious with your work is when it hits, it feels incredible. The downside is you may have to wait for it." —Maggie Smith on "A Suit or A Suitcase": https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/suit-suitcase-maggie-smith-poetry-collection-process-inspiration

Lovely chatting with @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/suit...

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Years ago I read a piece Jamie wrote — I admire her & treasure her response to my work. Keep yr eyes on @lescribbler.bsky.social

New essay up: therumpus.net/2026/05/27/f...

Cruising is not ever gonna be a thing for me

Really digging @epiphanylit.bsky.social's latest issue & was pleasantly surprised to see a story by @jweirdo.bsky.social, one of our Managing Editor's professors from #QueensCollege! It's a beautifully written glimpse into the personal impact of the AIDs epidemic. Pics taken on #7train. #Groovy

Gently, gently: if you are asking a favor of me, and you’re clearly using AI to write the email, I will be sending your email directly to the trash bin.

The Forgotten Occupation, an amazing documentary about the American occupation of Haiti, is now available to rent or buy; you can find it on Vimeo, Google Play, Amazon, YouTube, and pretty much anywhere you like to watch films : tv.apple.com/us/movie/the...

I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...

Readers: if you’re not subscribing to @maris.bsky.social Maris Kreizman’s Maris Review newsletter, what even are you doing? This newsletter is essential for anyone who appreciates smart literary criticism and books. Get in there! www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

For “A Rabbit’s Foot” I wrote about: a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/fi...

Part memoir and part fiction, Barnes' hybrid novel publishes the day after his 80th birthday. He's been living with a rare form of blood cancer for six years. n.pr/49ozZEH

In other news, @debbiemillman.bsky.social wrote about the design of the new food pyramid. Spoiler: it's terrible design reflecting terrible politics. www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/n...

In our time, it's easy to shut your mind, driven by fear or misinformation. This year, NPR Music's pop critic found the antidote in music that encouraged exploring n.pr/494BlEe

I do occasionally want to say to my fellow Americans who insist that periods ever go outside quotation marks "Cool, show me that in a modern U.S. book or periodical," but I never say that.

"Writing always draws on resilience." JOYRIDE: @yvonnec.bsky.social interviews @susanorlean.bsky.social about her memoir Joyride (@avidreaderpress.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/018CSRO

But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.

“You have to be flinchable … That’s being human. We flinch all the time.” READ the stunning, soulful @maureenlangloss.bsky.social on Yiyun Li and Miriam Toews—and well, all of us. www.maureenlangloss.com/you-have-to-... @newyorker.com

How can I make jewelry out of my zebra grass?

grateful to share my hometown novel (and my orphaned collection) are coming home to @tortoisebooks.bsky.social 🙏💗

Charming critics and audiences with New Threats From The Soul, his funny, loose, reference-packed album, the veteran Louisville musician is having an unlikely breakthrough at 40 years old.

A bright moon will make it hard to see the Perseid meteor shower in mid-August, but one night this week offers a decent chance of seeing some shooting stars.

“Wild Blue” — about the complexity of relationships, especially estranged ones: open.substack.com/pub/maggiefr... I

This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites. Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.

He’s not very articulate, is he?

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

This Thursday, Kathryn Savage will give a Q&A at 1 p.m. on Thurs, in HUM 201, and later that evening, at 7:30 p.m., she will read from her debut book, Groundglass, in Chemistry 107. Come out and learn about ecological violence, legacy pollution, body burden, and sacrifice zones.

The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.

This piece by Susan Freinkel does a great job describing our nightmarishly complex bureaucratic patchwork of housing and social services, and telling the stories both of the people who suffer within it and the people who try to help them navigate it. sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/g...

@formidablefaux.bsky.social turned me onto this and while I’m still pretty heavy into #bandcamp this seems like the way forward subvert.fm