Lisa Robertson is like, a Tim Riggins level Canadian treasure and gift to us all.

toby has great taste

fingers crossed I have heard of the person who wins poetry

My grandfather was a steamfitter who grew up in an orphanage but could recite Shakespeare and knew opera. The arts and culture can and should be for everyone.

RIP the black vote (1965-2026)

"why I am a misandrist"

somebody write the post-apocalyptic novel where things are nice.

They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street.

my new "you have to read Loved and Missed" is "you have to go to the state fair show at the Renwick" and my argument is: corn dog tulipière.

"We are going to have to make war their problem."

imp to note this is what you see when you click through

can we charge him for the cost of un-tackying everything he got his short fingers on

this looks great

"My politics, and my religion as well, are based entirely on the loveliness and value of ordinary human lives. The creaky apparatus called politics shelters or oppresses or threatens these lives, and is therefore of interest." —Marilynne Robinson

I'm a recurring donor and I feel great about it

people are mixing up scolding (bad) and private contempt (fine!)

I could not admire Karen more—she is the best person on top of being a wondrous writer. Everyone pay attention to KTY!

this is not about someone from iceland

“I cannot imagine anything more ignominious than watching ‘Hamnet,’” Ms. Riley said. This alone is reason to read The Palm House (also it's NYRB not NYRB Classics, ugh)

The truck beds are nearly the same size

our mayor sucks but our council president (my neighbor!) and his colleagues are proof that good local government is where it's at.

time to enter our julia butterfly hill era

sorry, celine song got a *whiting* ??? please get serious words mean absolutely nothing if this counts as "emerging"

"just war doctrine" from a guy who could not name a virgin martyr to save his life

we live in hell

Out today On the Calculation of IV!

people are always like, "I love this publisher" and it is run by a sex pest

Megha! Marlon! Stone cold genius Andre Alexis!

“The bulldozed remains of buildings were piled into a landscape of earth berms, which were then shaped into barriers, detention facilities and military outposts from which Israeli tanks and snipers commanded the area where survivors were concentrated.”

do you want "Catholicism but american" we invented that, it's called Episcopalianism and it's even more woke. all the priests are lesbians. good luck

BANGER

how much money does the marine corps lose

you own a print book you own it. you can also drop it in the pool and it still works.

today is an amazing day for generous but wrong takes

counterpoint

their inheritors may hold unacceptable power and influence, but let confederate surrender day be a reminder of the victory that was, and will someday be complete

A firm reminder at a moment the world seems to need it.

our strongman leader absolutely loves being led around by the nose

"great satan" not looking so far off the mark now

We do not need ways to make writing easier so there's more of it. We need ways to make writing harder so there's less of it.

I truly cannot get over how evil this is

wow no

@charcopress.com is nine years old and has had FOUR Booker finalists which I think is a very big deal (also every Ana Paula Maia book rules; new one dropping in August)

sometimes you are in the right size pond

Psst - don't forget that you can take 40% off audiobooks in our playlist featuring stories by trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary authors with code TRR26 😍 Ends tomorrow! Link to the playlist ⏬

how am I supposed to work when I only have 64 pages left

where to begin

was told today that the hot new category is "christian romance suspense" and say what you will about literary fiction (I will say so many bad things!) at least we are not trying to make "neo-noir wharton epistolary" happen.

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too many books!