grateful to @cmsarvis.bsky.social for including me in this killer roundup — and for reading with such spot-on acuity.

On Cormac McCarthy, Homer, @patrickcottrell.bsky.social, Ryan Ridge & Mel Bosworth, and @saralippmann.bsky.social #booksky #amreading open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

Dedicating July to Updike's Rabbit novels. #booksky

Jimmy Butler and picks doesn't move me. The Wizards should force Golden State to include a third team who can deliver us a serviceable big who can play on opening night. I'm looking at you, Zion (or similar).

Now reading this one from @saralippmann.bsky.social

AJ Dybantsa is a Washington Wizard. What a time to be alive. Is it October yet??

Happy Father's Day

“It’s just the end of the world,” my mother said, the mother of my dream, but otherwise everything went on as before. Read these flames from Christian TeBordo. burialmagazine.neocities.org/isforrealisn...

The NBA Draft is in one week. My Wizards have the #1 pick. My head says AJ Dybantsa. My heart says Darryn Peterson. My soul says trust the people paid to do the job. 7 more days of speculation!

Now reading from @patrickcottrell.bsky.social #booksky

Now reading #booksky

"On offense, Towns hoops like he’s playing the tuba, driving into the lane with deep adagio confidence and dictating the tempo from the top of the key." Great stuff from @katiebakes.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2026/06/12/n...

"On offense, Towns hoops like he’s playing the tuba, driving into the lane with deep adagio confidence and dictating the tempo from the top of the key." Great stuff from @katiebakes.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2026/06/12/n...

Woke up and thought that Knicks game was a fever dream. Na. That was real.

I sent you my full 330 page novel an hour ago and you don't have a decision yet?

I love this NBA Finals so much. I could watch these teams play 100 times.

On Sarah Gerard, Dur e Aziz Amna, Zadie Smith, and Jonathan Fink #booksky open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

It's time. Now reading. #booksky

On Sarah Gerard, Dur e Aziz Amna, Zadie Smith, and Jonathan Fink #booksky open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

ARSENAL!!!

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

Anybody read this one from Zadie Smith? I tend to love most of her work, though I'm ambivalent about NW. Only 150 pages in but having a good time with movement of Swing Time. #BookSky

I think AJ Dybantsa is the correct pick at number 1. But I can't shake Darryn Peterson. If my Wizards trade back and end up with Darryn Peterson AND Ace Bailey? I think I like that better than AJ Dybantsa. Having the first pick is great, but it's stressful!

Watching Sonia Citron hoop last night was a damn delight.

On Emily Nemens, Sarah Domet, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Kate Fagan, and Miranda Mellis #booksky open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

On Emily Nemens, Sarah Domet, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Kate Fagan, and Miranda Mellis #booksky open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

Okay, but who's going to get a quote from Robert Olen Butler? And does this mean he and Elizabeth Dewberry will get back together?

Now reading this one from Sarah Gerard #booksky #amreading

If you watch the Performance View broadcast of these NBA games, you are a crackhead.

The Magic game was pretty live tonight.

Two weeks until the NBA Draft lottery. open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

Now that the Wizards' season is over, I wrote about what to expect going forward, and why things aren't going to get any easier. #NBA open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

Can smell the Florida fires from my office today.

Not to brag, but I just put toothpaste back in the tube, so.

Currently reading this one and having a really good time. #BookSky

Saw The Drama last night and thought it was pretty great. The beats are standard, but subversive, and the movie ends up being a rich text on performative behavior, cancel culture, and grace. Plus, Pattinson and Zendaya are fantastic.

my dirty little secret is sometimes when I settle into my seat at a movie theater, I briefly look for my seat belt

On Mark Z. Danielewski, @morriscollins.bsky.social, @avnerlandes.bsky.social, @legroff.bsky.social, Camille Bordas, and Brock Clarke. open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

Really gratifying to be read so well, by such a good writer, in such great company. I esp. appreciate the mention of the book's prose--it's what I care most about...and what seems to get mentioned least in reviews. Thank you, Caleb!

On Mark Z. Danielewski, @morriscollins.bsky.social, @avnerlandes.bsky.social, @legroff.bsky.social, Camille Bordas, and Brock Clarke. open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

Been thinking about the UCONN shot for 12 hours straight. Madness rules.

Three months in, 2026 has been a great reading year. All published in the last 12 months too. Makes the next book feel all the more precious. Can I keep the streak of zero duds alive?

Reading a book by a former MFA instructor (and this is the 4th book of theirs I've read), and they are never bad... but they're also never great. And I'm just left feeling a little perplexed with how they keep getting away with it.

Iowa knocked out them devils Clemson and Florida. Give them the key to Tallahassee!

I ranked all of Paul Thomas Anderson's films because what else is Substack good for. open.substack.com/pub/calebmsa...

Just put my wife down for a nap. Anniversary was a success.

A few announcements to come to Bridge Eight Press.

Now reading One Sun Only by Camille Bordas #BookSky

Lauren Groff, man ...

Now reading the new one from @legroff.bsky.social