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...

The experiment of running with diabetes continues, and I keep making hypotheses, gathering data, and bring wrong, wrong, wrong (but that's how to learn): kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/the-exp...

Maria Reva's ENDLING won the Aspen Words literary prize "for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture": you can read my review at turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews Paige Towers' WHAT THEY STOLE: "by showcasing the ways that international adoption intersects with colonialism, religion, social class, and white, male, Christian supremacy, the book serves as an important warning": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/internatio...

I had a couple of flash nonfiction pieces published in Cantos; their journal is also online, so you should go check them out: www.mobap.edu/about-mbu/pu...

I ran the (now) Rock and Roll Marathon in Nashville 21 years ago today (good luck to those who ran or are still running this morning); on the blog I think about peaking (how I hope I haven't) and about a moral dilemma around gels: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/

My latest, from Truthout: truthout.org/articles/her...

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

Maria Reva's ENDLING (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) zigs when you think it's going to zag, all while creating characters looking for meaning, which is complicated when Russia invades Ukraine: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Just when I thought I had that whole, pesky running with diabetes thing figured out, I had a blood sugar drop this morning; all the gory details (the system worked exactly as it should, so nothing was "gory," of course) here: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/just-wh...

In a major state antitrust investigation, California's Attorney General has unsealed hundreds of records revealing that Amazon illegally pressures its marketplace sellers to engage in price-fixing. While Trump's DOJ lets corporate lawbreakers off the hook, states are still holding them accountable.

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews Grace Krilanovich's ACID GREEN VELVET (@twodollarradio.bsky.social); it's a great novel for people who like "twisted Gothic Westerns that merge social criticism with nihilism": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/acid-green...

Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system.

@stefanmerrillblock.bsky.social's HOME SCHOOLED (@hanoversquarepress.bsky.social) doesn't merely critique the lack of regulation in home schooling; he tells the story of his relationship with his mother, attempting to understand her and his education: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead. One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.

Woody Brown, a nonspeaking, autistic man, has released his debut novel UPWARD BOUND (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social); it critiques the systems that oppress those without voice, while exploring the struggles that every human faces: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Eric Puchner's DREAM STATE (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) asks those big questions about the meaning of our lives in the midst of a world that seems worse every day: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

This week on the running blog, I get by with a little help from all kinds of people: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/

I was able to review Karen K. Jensen's THE STRENGTH OF WATER for Soapberry Review: soapberryreview.com?p=6325

Absolutely the last call for preorders from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social; thanks so so much to all of you who have already ordered a copy--I appreciate it more than I can express; QR code or www.finishinglinepress.com/product/jack...

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews Julie Cruse's THE BURN LIST (Atmosphere Press); the book explores almost unimaginable abuse throughout the academic world and how far the U.S. still has to go in holding abusers accountable: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/sexual-mis...

A head cold was a literal and metaphorical headache this week not for the running, thankfully, but for the diabetes, unfortunately: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/a-head-...

Was That Normal? (Avery Hill, 2025) by Alex Potts, reviewed by Kevin Brown www.tcj.com/reviews/was-...

Lovely and insightful review of Was That Normal? by @avpotts.bsky.social on @comicsjournal.bsky.social! www.tcj.com/reviews/was-...

The Comics Journal! Talking about my new graphic novel!

I was able to review @avpotts.bsky.social's WAS THAT NORMAL? (@averyhill.bsky.social) for @comicsjournal.bsky.social; Philip struggles to find connection, a problem made worse by his misguided perceptions of how everybody else's lives are so much better: www.tcj.com/reviews/was-...

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews STRANGE PEOPLE ON THE HILL by @michaelehayden.bsky.social, which "highlights the personal and political toll of taking on the right-wing, schooling those who enter this fraught arena about what to anticipate": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/strange-pe...

Dutch newspaper cartoon

Preorders (and savings) end on April 3; I'd love for to support my work and the work of Finishing Line Press; use QR code or www.finishinglinepress.com/product/jack...; thanks

On this week's blog, I try to remember the why? behind my running, especially my thoughts on the upcoming months and what I want to run (and why?!?): kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/remembe...

@michaelpollan.bsky.social's latest book A WORLD APPEARS (@penguinpress.bsky.social) digs into consciousness and the little we know about it, reaffirming the messiness of humanity that machines can never replicate: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

Thanks to so many of you who preordered a book this week from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social!! I'd love to keep that momentum going, as it's only on sale for 10 more days. You can go to www.finishinglinepress.com/product/jack-imagines-a-different-map-by-kevin-brown/ or use the QR code. Thanks.

@tayari.bsky.social's new novel KIN (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) is one of the best I've read this year; it's a great exploration of what it means to be a Black woman in the middle part of the 20th century, but with a special focus on friendship: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews WHEN WE ARE KIN (@haymarketbooks.org) for The Turned Page Review; Bader writes that "Mays’ aspirational vision calls on Indigenous and other people of color to reject capitalism" and to "envision something new": turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

I missed this essay when it came out in Northern Spy a few months ago, but here's one about my father and my struggles with direction when I was younger: northernspyjournal.com/iss-25/pitch...

Joanna Ebenstein's MEMENTO MORI (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) is a great exploration of various views of death, with the goal of helping readers develop their own customs, rituals, and understanding: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...

I went to a sports nutritionist this week, so I reflect on that (and weight, sigh) on this week's blog: kevinbrownwrites.weebly.com/blog/

March is Independent Press Month, and I just happen to have a book of poems available for preorder from an indie press (@finishinglinepress.bsky.social ); that might be a coincidence, but I'll take it: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/jack-imagines-a-different-map-by-kevin-brown/

@eleanorjbader1.bsky.social reviews @atimaomara.bsky.social's forthcoming book THE INSTIGATORS, which shows how Black women have been essential to American democracy and provides recommendations and inspiration for those who seek to lead (or support): turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...