Another poem from Mary Ruefle's Dunce (2019)

The Grim Reaper is not doing his best. Does he need glasses? A refresher course on scythe usage? Perhaps, like certain members of Congress, he should step down and let someone younger and with more enthusiasm take over the job?

The ‘Burbs is one of my deep cut faves because it has some ridiculously satisfying moments. I am also enjoying the new series on Peacock. Charming cast.

SHE IS HERE! No, really, She is Here is *here*!

Good morning

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

if you're an author attending BookCon this year (or, to be honest, any other ReedPop events, which include NYCC), and would like to add your name to the letter: forms.gle/V7m2YbcGguAY...

Authors Alix E. Harrow, Olivie Blake, and more raise concerns about BookCon 2026

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[circle of love] Nora Roberts: ok ladies we've got a new storyteller here tonight Roberts: everyone say hi to Coral hart Coral Hart: oh that's not my real name Hart: i have to keep my real name secret because readers hate anything its associated with Roberts:

ICYMI: ROBERT B. PARKER’S BIG SHOT hits tomorrow, 2/10.

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

Variety confirms the wedding in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was real

Yesssss! I freaking love this! 🎂🎂🎂

But did that couple really get married because that could be real and what a story/brag, if so!

Keep seeing the misinformation that this was Liam on here--has been reported that it was not

Cause that's what heroes do.

Amazing half-time show — Izzy aka Lady Daga and I danced in the living room 💃

There it is. The very last BOOK WORLD. I’m still in shock that Jeff Bezos, the man who is everything he is today because of selling books, would abandon readers like this. I grieve for The Washington Post and everything that has been stripped from it.

for anyone not watching football, here's a review of Bob Johnson's latest short story, "The Train to Union Station," published in the new lit journal @brownhoundpress.bsky.social. The review along with a link to Bob's story: read-short-stories.com

This is a Super Bowl. My favorite of many Superb Owls this year is Baubo, who I got to see in person at a local exhibit this summer!

Quite honestly, Fabio would never

One of the great series! Treat yourselves

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Prediction: In a few years, some smart publisher will do either a quick-release series or imprint of mass markets and they’ll sell gang busters as a combo of nostalgia and novelty. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...

BTW, one very cool thing is that @joshaboldt.bsky.social is pairing each story with a song as part of his editor's note!

I'm in Lexington, KY tonight at Joseph-Beth Lexington with @gwenda.bsky.social to talk Books & Bewitchment! I haven't signed in Kentucky since FandomFest in 2012, so I can't wait to see y'all! Please reskeet to help a Kentucky friend find something cozy to do tonight. <3

Y'all bundle up and come out! It'll be a fun one!

Well, @joshaboldt.bsky.social and I watched Mission Impossible, The Last Part II: Many Proper Nouns, Clip Show Movie Style (All the Dead Girlfriends), Armageddon Averted, Haunted Faces. Rating: Two "I'm too old for this shit"s and one "that son-of-a-bitch did it."

Go read it!

Just got a link to “The Train to Union Station” in my mail, and digging in right now! @brownhoundpress.bsky.social www.brownhoundpress.com/stories/bob-...

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

With the WP book section closing and other publishing news, I think literary people really need to adopt a punk rock mindset. It's DIY or die these days.

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday. It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

I couldn’t be more honored to have one of Bob Johnson's stories as the first publication by Brown Hound Press. His collection The Continental Divide was my favorite book of 2025 and it was longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Bingham Prize. Josh Boldt, Editor www.brownhoundpress.com/stories/bob-...

It’s a time of terrible things, but if you go sign up at @brownhoundpress.bsky.social right now, you’ll get the very first weekly short story tomorrow morning! Do itttttt! www.brownhoundpress.com

I can’t believe how much I love Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 😭😍

After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

I’m available to start a book review cooperative. I don’t have any money, but I have a ton of editing experience, and I love doing it. And I write, too.

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

It hurt when I canceled my subscription — I hope Katharine Graham rattles chains in Bezos’ ear every time he tries to sleep

Please some decent rich person start an independent book review and make sure the great @roncharles.bsky.social is involved 🙏

On top of all the utterly horrifying shit, rich people appear to be just barely literate, which explains a few things

Something I've been thinking about for a long time: Domestic thrillers now make up a huge share of scripted film and TV. While historically they symbolized women's oppression, more recently they resonate as a metaphor for a society where everyone fears enemies infiltrating their safest spaces

It's so close. I've gotten the rent covered (THANK YOU!), but still need $200 to get my phone turned back on. I really need my phone so that I can make doctor's appointments. gofund.me/5d9ae40c2

Psst! Launching THURSDAY! I can't wait--I literally just described it in a whiny voice note about this endless weather as a reason to live!!!

Heads up, all you ghost-loving readers: I have happy news! You should go check it out - and while you're at it, pick up my spooky little rural mystery CINDERWICH for just THREE BUCKS. I mean, if you want to put a little dough in my pockets and/or kibble in bowls: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/happy-a...

apropos of nothing in particular, @lilashapiro.bsky.social gave us a tremendous piece of journalism last year, and it's always a great time to revisit it and thank her for the work she did in bringing these stories to light.

It’s hard to focus on one thing to be appalled about, but these stories out of Minnesota are awful. (And, of course, on the other hand, very encouraging.) I cannot believe you can wrongly grab somebody, transport them, and then leave them where YOU took them.