Florence, Italy & Cheyenne, WY. Horrible urban design, horrible cell service, horrible weather, and strangers who are much too friendly for my northeast coast ass

I haven’t read a book so hungrily in a long time. Unbelievably good!

I'm thrilled to state that I'm guest editing this issue of @tasavvurnama.bsky.social! Give us your bizarre, your what is, and what is nots, your memories that are translucent. I would love to see stories that take me on a journey, only to reveal that the journey itself was a door beyond an ocean.

Really tired of stories calling things a blow to Democrats when they are actually a blow to democracy

I just cannot seem to get Jujutsu to *click* for me personally, but its UX feels undeniably better than Git's. I wrote about some options for bringing Jujutsu features, e.g. operation history and sans-index commit workflows, back into Git's object store. Could `jj git` be a roadmap to `git jj`?

Irrefutable proof for the naysayers: LLMs CAN make art. 🙂‍↕️

Thinking about that time when my roommates & I (all from the same MFA program) were driving in northern WY and saw a truck hit a deer so fast that the deer exploded. I texted my partner afterward like “that was lowkey traumatic” & his response was “which one of you guys will put it in a poem first”

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

I love The Pitt but if I have to see another scene of McKay giving Robby sage advice in a soft-spoken tone I’m going to throw up

Our associate editor Ghazal is looking to leave Tehran as soon as possible, so if anyone knows of an art residency or work opportunity or uni posting that they can apply to, please let us know (dm or email). These are scary times, and we must protect each other as best we can.

If the creation of an article is a layered endeavor—if purpose, content, structure, and so on are to some extent separable—then maybe you’d like AI to replace YOU as a columnist at the New Yorker, Joshua

How many stories typically need to be published in lit mags before sending a collection out on submission/querying? Is it 50/50? Or should the majority of stories already be published?

Can someone please explain to me why I should watch Project Hail Mary? Like haven’t we done this plot before? Am I missing something?

This picture of my cat makes him look like a literal baby WTF!!!!!

Tall glasses of ice cold 2% at The Federalist tonight.

The Phantom of the Opera walked so The Bride! could run

Does anyone have any recommendations for a fat sensitivity reader? Or are YOU one? Please drop the links for services below! Ty

i am so, so grateful and so deeply honored to have a poem featured on @slowdownshow.org today. you can listen to the poem and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social’s beautiful thoughts on what we know and how we know it here: www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

For the first time in quite a while, I’m giving up on a book. I usually try to stick it out, esp with short story collections (some stories can be mid compared to others). But I really cannot tolerate narrators with myopic views on race, the body, etc, even if it was written almost 40 years ago!

My feed is just a mix of smiling people at AWP and the most horrific shit I’ve ever read about us bombing Iran and the measles outbreak in Utah. Woof, the whiplash. Logging off, ttfn

damn it’s crazy how the slurs filled the chat all by themselves. couldn’t be helped i’m sure. chats are always devolving of their own accord

I have a CNF piece about my aunt up at @whaleroadreview.bsky.social today. She unexpectedly died in November 2024. This is what I wanted to say about her at her funeral that I couldn’t: that I was so angry about how ppl spoke about her chronic illness, and how hard she made me laugh.

If you missed it, I have a lil essay (?) hybrid (?) poem (?) that’s about my complicated feelings about my aunt’s death, and how much I loved her. It’d mean the world if you could give it a read 👇

I have a CNF piece about my aunt up at @whaleroadreview.bsky.social today. She unexpectedly died in November 2024. This is what I wanted to say about her at her funeral that I couldn’t: that I was so angry about how ppl spoke about her chronic illness, and how hard she made me laugh.

Oh no. I think I’ve started writing a novel. Sorry to my three followers in advance for all the complaining about it I’m going to do on this app

He really could have dismissed all the student debt, erased all the records and been a legend.

Just saw that Boston might get between 13-16 inches of snow on Sunday, rolled my eyes and got back into bed.

Happy Ash Wednesday Love, Pasha #cats #cat #catsofbsky #ashwednesday #blackcat

Fennel update 🥺

Got a new kitty. His name is Fennel. I would share a pic, but so far he is mostly hiding. Really hoping he and the first kitty get along. Anyway he is already so baby.

ICYMI—Issue 8 is out now! You can read the new issue at garlicpresslit.com/issues/issue-8 We’re open for submissions for Issue 9!

very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House! www.thedollhouse.studio

Every woman should be honored to be this man's enemy. Come at me, bro

Haven’t been on here in a minute! What are the new horrors happening in the world?

GOOD NEWS. My novel--a retelling of Hansel & Gretel in which the parents are addicted to opioids--originally titled Abandon & now titled A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR, will be published by Cornerstone Press (Univ. of Wisconsin) in February 2028.

I’m so fucking angry rn I don’t even know what to say

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Sharing this monster full of violence, friendship, magic, monsters, ghosts, and revenge again because it’s on sale and…storms! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

Team, we need submissions in all categories but especially a) nonfiction and b) poetry.

Definitely a 4. Over it!!

Ummm I had no idea that THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is technically a musical?? (Complimentary)

Just now feeling normal after almost 24 hours of a stomach bug, so I will be lying on the couch for the foreseeable future reading this one by @leahhampton.bsky.social

This week, we have a briefing on Immigration and quick updates from our Data Security, Federal Workforce, and Medical Research Funding teams: unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...

I may or may not have a short story featuring this setting coming out this year from a dream pub 🤭 Centralia is sick as hell

I’m reading THE SENTENCE by Louise Erdrich, a book club pick that I (of course) had no idea would be so pertinent several weeks after it was selected. Very upsetting how circular time is. “Minnesota goddamn” ❤️‍🩹

Men are too emotional and should not be allowed to have firearms

“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...

I found out yesterday that I was awarded a 2026 artist grant from the Somerville Arts Council! I will use the funding to work on my short story collection, but I also plan on creating a community project. If anyone is in the #Boston area, what type of writing activity would you be interested in?

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains