The people who turn art into profit don't put artists first.

Fox+Friends drunk ass weekend host gonna tell Generals how to General 😜

If there's one thing that's saved my sanity over last few months its watching the WNBA. I'm gonna watch some more games tonight and I'm living for it, even tho my NY Liberty didn't make the finals. Given the success of the league and the amazing players giving it their all, PAY THEM REAL MONEY.

Yes, get ready for the book launch for TERRY DACTYL on Saturday, October 25th, 3 pm at the Seattle Art Museum!!!🎉🎉🎉 Books will be on sale from Elliott Bay Book Company 2 weeks in advance of the official pub date!! Don't forget to wear a mask, let's take care of one another💕Can't wait to see you!💐

Upcoming opportunity to work with our INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS anthology co-editor @khadijahqueen.com ! ( Do you have your copy of INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS? fc2.org/anthologies/... )

✊Today, hundreds of New Yorkers shut down the streets surrounding 26 Federal Plaza to make it clear that they will not stay silent as ICE commits violent & unlawful actions against our immigrant communities. Join us today at 6PM at Foley Square to demand #ICEOutofNY!

In this single-session class, we'll do a close read of a short lyric essay that blends criticism and memoir. We'll then practice some techniques to accomplish similar effects and discuss strategies for responding to the art we consume on a daily basis, from books to podcasts, TV, and more.

As readers, we will focus on tone, setting, characterization, and plot to get a sense of what the writer has done to draw the reader into the world of the novel. Topics covered will include world-building, character development, shifting points-of-view...

Improve your morning with this interview ❤️ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

"Captivating...Chaon's beautiful novel insists on answers." The New York Times on ONE OF US. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...

Interview, re: ONE OF US thecoachellareview.com/2025/09/23/t...

Over the course of this workshop, writers will listen to a comprehensive lecture and have the opportunity to ask further questions/clarifications in a Q&A, as well as a few prompts to help craft their own effective queries. Register! www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/mast...

Happy pub date to the always brilliant @danchaon.bsky.social! Get your copy of ONE OF US today, a novel that Kirkus calls "A magic trick." 🌟

DOiiinG!👇 www.bookpage.com/reviews/one-...

The Old Professor’s Book by Ishion Hutchinson www.divasofverse.com/2025/09/the-...

Excited to share the news that the PAPERBACK of The Freaks Came Out To Write is coming out on November 4th. I love this color: Pre-order! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/trici...

You will learn many useful things and you will have a great time! Easy decision ✨

Build your ideal writing community at the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop! Join us for craft lectures, karaoke, curated workshops, agent meetings, industry panels, and so much more! Apply today: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), by @rabihalameddine.bsky.social Rabih Alameddine, from @groveatlantic.bsky.social nothing if not unexpected and so, so good. Masterful writer

Save this. The Jeffries-Pelosi corporate Democrats are not going to save us. They must go.

Thanks to this clown administration, getting my Covid and Flu vaccines today felt like a political statement.

Hey, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City: Check out next week's tour schedule and maybe come out and see me?

What will it take to finish? Can we do it—or at least create an actionable plan to finish—in a weekend? This intensive will provide solutions and strategies in the form of planning sessions, discussions, writing exercises, spreadsheets, and other resources.

Anybody who's connected to any communities of readers/writers, your reposts/shares are appreciated! This is for my upcoming online writing workshop. Thanks for the help! #writingsky #nonfictionwriting #journalism #memoirists #essayists #journalists #writingworkshop #nonfiction #booksky

The NY Liberty lost tonight but we’re still alive in these finals. We had an amazing night despite it all. #Joy

If language is so degraded, how can our writing mean anything? In this master class we will study writing that brought the full force of its meaning onto the page and therefore out into the world including texts by James Baldwin, Ta Nahesi Coates, Mahmoud Darwish, and others.

This is amazing. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

People of New York! I will be coming to your town for a special Halloween Celebration of Peter Straub at Books Are Magic! Other panelists include Nat Cassidy, Kelly Link and Emma Straub! This is a ticketed event, space limited. www.booksaremagic.net/events/35684...

Had a chat with @emmaruthless.bsky.social about alternative weeklies, the Voice, and the launch of Coyote, a new alt weekly in the Bay Area. A bold, brave move to launch an indie publication these days. Read Emma's story about alt weeklies here.

Deepen your craft and expand your community at the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop! At this fully remote Workshop, you will receive feedback on your work-in-progress from a fantastic faculty member and your curated cohort, plus much more! Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...

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There are many different types of oral histories, but for this class in preparation attendees will read a few excerpts of some of the best narrative oral histories in recent times, including Please Kill Me, Edie, and Meet Me in the Bathroom, and talk about what makes them so successful.

I taught a version of this class over the summer, and it went so well I decided to offer it again. If you’re stuck with a book project, or just want fresh strategies and support, this is the class for you!

Book launch at Georgetown U on 9/30 for @rabihalameddine.bsky.social #booksky

Texts with the daughter during last nights NY Liberty first post-season win.

“The suburbs dream of violence. Asleep in their drowsy villas, sheltered by benevolent shopping malls, they wait patiently for the nightmares that will wake them into a more passionate world.” ― J.G. Ballard, Kingdom Come

Albanian Wedding, Sunday morning, Ridgewood Queens (sound on)

With all the distractions of family, work, and life, it can be difficult to maintain a writing practice. Especially when it feels like your focus should be elsewhere. But writing is an art that holds a mirror up to society. In these conflict filled times, we need your mirror more than ever!

In these meetings, the group will consider issues of persona, style, titling, organization, and poetics. Generative prompts will be given each session to help facilitate the growth of your book. At the end of the class, you will have a book of 40-50 pages of poems that you will feel excited about!

I have to keep posting this because I don't want to read to empty bookstores! Also: Portland OR area (White Oaks Books) on Oct. 22; NYC (Books are Magic event) on Oct 27. Still at work on SF and others. If you want me to come to your town and can get a decent audience, give me a DM holler.

Congratulations to dear @rabihalameddine.bsky.social whose novel THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) is on the National Book Awards Fiction Longlist! www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

A new season of House Hunters International? HEAL ME.

In a short story, how you manage the question of time is pivotal for animating your characters and keeping your reader curious and engaged. And the opening paragraph is the story's heartbeat!

In this practical masterclass you will learn to extract the story that you want to tell from the raw material of your life. The through-line is defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary as “A common or consistent element or theme shared by items in a series or by parts of a whole.”

Three clients on the NBA Poetry Longlist! Cathy Linh Che, Rickey Laurentiis and @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social Congrats to all!! www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...

More headlnes like this 😂 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...

Together we’ll think through and learn more about issues like inherent power imbalances when writing about others, negotiating how reporters (and memoirists) should approach working with various sorts of sources, both those we know and those we do not.

This craft seminar explores specific ways of bringing investigative muscle to every genre of writing. Anna will spotlight surprising documents, archival resources and the narrative possibilities buried in public records.

Another interview with Scott Simon scottsimonspeaks.substack.com/p/scott-simo...