ONE NIGHT TWO SOULS WENT WALKING (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) shows the power of human connection, as a hospital chaplain spends a night (and a life) working to help others deal with life and loss: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

SMALL TOWN GIRLS wasn't what I expected, but it's a great portrayal of small town life and the importance of story: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

I was trying to wait for official race photos, but this one I took should tell you how the 5K went on Saturday; if you want more of the story, go to My Type of Running: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/back-to-th...

This anthology from the Cartoonist Collective in Tehran shows life during the 12-Day War, a stark reminder of what life in Iran is like right now, as well; they also tell their stories through an amazing variety of styles; read the review at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: www.tcj.com/reviews/i-wo...

Kevin Wilson's NOW IS NOT THE TIME explores how we interpret art and our own lives through Frankie and Zeke's childhood creation that doesn't go at all how they expect: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

In BEFORE WE WERE TRANS (@hachetteus.bsky.social), @krheyam.bsky.social doesn't just want to show how trans people have existed throughout time and history, they want to question the cishet assumptions of historical studies altogether: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Benjamin Wood's brief novel SEASCRAPER (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social) raises questions of how we live into (or chose not to live into) our legacies to discover who we are and who we could be: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

It's must be a writing day, as I also received the latest issue of PERCEPTIONS with one of my poems in it; that title, by the way, comes from @sturkle.bsky.social 's interviews with high school and college students in ALONE TOGETHER

Copies of my new books arrived yesterday! Thanks to all of you who preordered and helped make this possible. If you still want to order, go to finishinglinepress.com/product/jack.... Thanks.

Alan Sillitoe's THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) conveys the struggles and realities of the post-WWII British working class (and does a bang-up job of talking about running): turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Katherine Dunn's posthumous novel TOAD (@fsgbooks.bsky.social) has a complex narrator who looks back at a younger part of her life and tries to make sense of herself and her friends: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

@theguardian.com chose Middlemarch as the greatest novel published in English (according to the authors, critics, and academics they had vote); I gave it a read to see if I agreed, and I had thoughts: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

This week, I started with running efficiency/economy, which led to efficiency, overall, which of course led to climate change, AI, and game theory (of course it did); subscribe for free or go to mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/not-the-mo...

Kirsten Valdez Quade's THE FIVE WOUNDS (@wwnorton.com) follows a flawed and fallible family, but religious references remind readers that redemption might still be possible: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

C. Thi Nguyen's THE SCORE (@penguinpress.bsky.social) will help readers see games and metrics differently, which just might help them see life in a new way, which is always a great goal of nonfiction: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews Avital Norman Nathman's forthcoming THE PERFECT BIRTH MYTH (@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social); it will serve as "a valuable introduction to what [people interacting with the maternity system] will likely encounter": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Georgi Gospodinov's International @thebookerprizes.com-winning novel TIME SHELTER (@liveright.bsky.social) explores time and the past, especially as they intersect with how countries (mainly Eastern Europe here) deal with their particular pasts: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

While I certainly talk about running and blood glucose numbers this morning on My Type of Running, I also talk about heat, humidity, and climate change: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/its-the-mo...

I missed @gishjen.bsky.social 's THE RESISTERS (@aaknopf.bsky.social) when it first came out, but it's even more relevant now, especially the need for resistance: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

I absolutely love Ali Smith's work, so here's a double review of GLIFF and GLYPH (@pantheonbooks), both of which speak to our time in different ways, showing how versatile and wonderful of a writer she is: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

David Sedaris's latest collection THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE (@littlebrown.bsky.social) is what Sedaris fans expect, though he sounds a bit older and grumpier than normal, but still willing to find the humor in his own behavior, as well: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews several books by Patty Prewitt (all from Some People Press); you can read more about her two collections of letters and her children's book at the Turned Page Review: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/patty-prew...

Jesmyn Ward's ON WITNESS AND RESPAIR (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social) "looks clearly at the suffering in her life and the world, and she writes her way through the suffering so she can understand it, as best as she can, all so others can begin to understand and, hopefully, empathize"

A much better week of running and possible breakthrough in my form--that's a good combination: mytypeofrunning.substack.com/p/nothing-fo...

Not the best pics, but THE SOUTHERN QUARTERLY published four of my poems from my new series about the 1916 hanging of Mary, an elephant

in BLACK BAG (@zandoprojects.bsky.social), Luke Kennard resurrects a 1960s experiment about a psych professor who has an actor wear a black bag to class; his novel explores identity & selfhood (maybe masculinity?), especially through others' perceptions: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews GRITO2048 by Maritza Arrastia: "Not only have the rich been forced to cede power, but the working classes have put aside their differences to create a new social order. As futurist fantasies go, it’s a good one!": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Mary Cain reclaims her story in THIS IS NOT ABOUT RUNNING (@marinerbooks.bsky.social); it's a difficult, but important read that shows what girls and women often endure, especially in sports: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

I was able to review Mohammad Sabaaneh's WELCOME TO HELL (@streetnoisebooks.bsky.social); while he mourns those who have died, and he fears for the future of both Gaza and the West Bank, he still hopes for and believes in survival and resistance, despite the odds: www.tcj.com/reviews/revi...

I'm shifting my running blog to Substack (called My Type of Running--it's a pun, you see--and you can subscribe!!), and I have new post up about how I overreact when I get injuries: mytypeofrunning.substack.com

This right here.

Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida's THREE STORIES OF FORGETTING (@fsgbooks.bsky.social) uses three almost fable-like novellas to portray Portugal's attempts to forget its history of colonization and enslavement, as well as the effects that continue to linger: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Just when I thought my calf was doing fine, my other calf is very much not fine, so the roller coaster of recovery continues: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/a-diffe...

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews Kendra Langford Shaw's THE PILLAGER'S GUIDE TO ARCTIC PIANOS (@pantheonbooks.bsky.social); Bader writes, "the fast-moving and emotional tale...introduces an intriguing world that will be especially revelatory for city dwellers and their suburban counterparts"

Douglas Stuart's latest novel JOHN OF JOHN (Grove Press) shows the harm secrets can do, not just to others, but to one's self: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

I have a review of @sydneyhalpern.com's INFECTED FOR SCIENCE (@graphicmundi.bsky.social) up at @comicsjournal.bsky.social that talks about moral and ethical questions most Americans don't know about: www.tcj.com/reviews/infe...

I got to address our graduating seniors this past Friday, so you can go to the blog to see what I said to them: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/a-speec...

Vincenzo Latronico's PERFECTION (@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social) follows Tom and Anna, two twenty-somethings in Berlin who want their lives to be as perfect as the picture of their Airbnb-worthy apartment: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews LOVING ARRANGEMENTS (@rutgersupress.bsky.social), a collection that "explores the endless array of romantic entanglements that people of all ages and sexual inclinations are choosing as right for them"

Charlie Porter's NOVA SCOTIA HOUSE (Nightboat Books) shows the joys and immense suffering that came in the 1990s AIDS crisis in the UK, as well as a different way of living, overall: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

After last week's supposed calf strain, a glimmer of hope from this week's meeting with my PT: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/a-glimm...

Claire Lynch's A FAMILY MATTER (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social ) follows Maggie and Heron to explore the decisions we (supposedly?) make to protect others and the ways we explain those choices to ourselves: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social is the most optimistic writer I know when it comes to politics, but perhaps that's what we need right now; HOPE IN THE DARK (@haymarketbooks.org) is from 2016 and written in the early 2000s, but her thoughts are eerily similar to what's going on today

@theoatmeal.bsky.social's THE TERRIBLE AND WONDERFUL REASONS WHY I RUN LONG DISTANCES (@andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social ) will help runners & those who are around them understand running so much better; it will also help them all laugh at & with anybody who takes on such a hobby/obsession; link in comment

@marionnestle.bsky.social's newest work WHAT TO EAT NOW (@fsgbooks.bsky.social) gives a thorough overview of how to think about the food we buy in grocery stores, especially the political and economic decisions that prevent real progress in providing healthy and affordable options; link in comments

Elizabeth Strout's latest novel THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) is a melancholy story about loneliness and the attempts we make to cross that divide: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Some disappointment and grief, relatively speaking, on the blog today: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/keep-mo...

While it was a solid running week overall, everybody hang on tight, as those blood glucose numbers are about to plummet (or go up! Who knows?); more info on the blog: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/the-rol...

In heartbreaking news, food banks reporting higher demand again. That’s the real economic indicator, not the stock market. #Economy #Trump #Greed #Capitalism

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews Linda Kass's forthcoming novel WORLD NEWS FROM WAVERLY HIGH (She Writes Press); turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/world-news...