The epigraph for my forthcoming novel WESTERLY!

No Kings, Boston edition.

Collective Soul & I are down big at the half but hope still lingers on! We've been here before & have shown we're a 2nd half team--still plenty of time for a comeback! Still plenty of time to READ & VOTE "THE WORLD I KNOW" by Noon ET Wednesday! @marchxness.bsky.social marchxness.com/elite8-colle...

Guys, the Crows are getting…murdered out there. Read the essays & vote Round Here! @marchxness.bsky.social marchxness.com#/elite8-crow...

Round 2 of @marchxness.bsky.social! My essay re Collective Soul's "The World I Know" & last chances to change is up against Des'ree/Emily Podwoiski, whose excellent essay helped dispatch Goo Goo Dolls in the 1st rd.😬 CS & I got our game faces on! Let's go! READ & VOTE! marchxness.com#/2ndround-co...

Been a rough 1st half for me & Collective Soul & our backs are against the wall...but in the words of Ed Roland, "you don't know what good feels like until you feel bad." We're gonna regroup at half & come out ready to go! Plenty of time to READ & VOTE COLLECTIVE SOUL! marchxness.com#/2ndround-co...

Thin line between sad and depressing. Oof. 💔

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

Oh absolutely @mlfaliveno.bsky.social and Counting Crows🐦‍⬛ for me, lover of sad songs. Beautifully written, wow, and this: “But Round Here is so sad that sometimes I can’t listen. So sad I skip ahead to Omaha. So sad I can’t resist dipping my toe in the water anyway, and eventually step in.” Yup.

Amazing essay. Voted for it like 20 times! (I [email protected]!) But I punched my 1 vote super hard.

Because of course, these are the hardened criminals. The callousness and cruelty is astounding.

This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

We need more of this kind of truth telling.

I’m excited to reveal the cover for my new novel WESTERLY. This gorgeous painting by Rebecca Aldernet represents so much to me and perfectly captures the coastal settings in Ireland and Maine. WESTERLY is about motherhood, sisterhood, secrets, silencing, and women, facing forward, into the wind.

So excited to finally announce that my next novel WESTERLY will be published by @amazonpublishing.bsky.social next year! ☘️🌊

In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.

I need to know what the H. stands for in JFC when the F is an H because I want to use the full name.

This is quite the post. 1. He unambiguously directs his AG to go after those who investigated him for his crimes 2. He admits being influenced by online chatter He is mob bossing out in the open, because he knows he has corrupted every federal law enforcement agency into submission.

Watching Saeed Jones watch The Pitt is the everything joy-fix I need.

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

Been thinking about this poem all day because I had to do a hard thing that is weirdly embarrassing. Looking forward to second guessing myself all night long.

Is Texas invading Illinois?

This makes me physically ill. @warren.senate.gov @whipkclark.bsky.social can we please get rid of this clown before he gets us all killed? Please?

I saw the crescent. You saw the whole of the moon.

Hello! New to using this platform, but thought to share a piece I wrote for @theguardian.com about long distance train travel and the lineage of writers who have traversed Europe by rail. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Wreck my novel, Terry Gross.

“Putin would eat you for lunch.” Today, exactly that happened.

Absolutely psyched for this novel!

“In the coming years, as publishers do the important work of fighting book bans locally and nationally (with PRH leading the charge) and protecting their copyrights from being stolen by even larger corporations to train large language models…” Maybe publishers could consider not giving them deals?🤔

"John Donne fucked, and he made sure everyone knew it. He could make a poem about a flea the horniest piece of literature in the English canon."

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.

Boat on the Garavogue #sligo

Scoop: The Wall Street Journal is working on a story highlighting Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein—but is said to be facing pressure from the White House, with Trump himself calling Editor-In-Chief Emma Tucker to object. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/wall-stree...

Exclusive: Trump officials have indefinitely suspended work on a crucial tool to predict extreme rainfall frequency, a move that experts said will make the country more vulnerable to storms supercharged by climate change.

Andrew Cuomo, serial sexual harasser and liar, a thread. From the state report on his abuse. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21...

Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies, and to all who celebrate Jaws:50.

An ICE agent pointed a gun at the head of a civilian—for snapping a photo of his license plate. One hand on the trigger, the other fumbling the car door. He didn’t realize someone else was already filming. R/t@longtimehistory

@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Via Sam Stein on twitter

Spitting FIRE holy shit 🔥

No Kings, yasss Queens march and protest in Boston today.

Yeats Day and I’m thinking of my dad and wondering if he knew any other Yeats poem but this one: A Drinking Song Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you, and I sigh.

Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs

Breaking @propublica.org: Bukele of El Salvador has become one of Trump’s favorite authoritarians, and Trump touts him as a foe of MS-13. But a US investigation has found evidence he has colluded with the gang, even paying it for votes. www.propublica.org/article/buke...

“ICE” as snatching people from churches now. Never forget they said this👇🏾 MAN AT CHURCH: “We don’t want this in our property.” ICE: “The whole country is our property.” No IDs shown, non-government out of state plates, basic tactical vests that just say police. Who are these men?