My write-up of the excellent Oblong Books in Millerton, NY www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

Ten years from now, after trillions more dollars spent and untold limited resources wasted, we'll still be making fun of how useless and shitty AI is, all while it absolutely ruins numerous industries, occupations, and the environment.

One Battle After Another is easily the best movie I've seen all year, by a mile. I walked out of that the same way I felt walking out of No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, and Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.

Coming to Troy, NY in a couple weeks!

It's very likely we will open to submissions one more time before the end of 2025. Details will be coming soon but the issue will have no theme, with no fee as always.

I have an indie bookstore blog called The Bookshop Hunter and here's my entry for the great Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow on 9/11 and if he doesn't say, "Never forget...to floss" I'll be filing a report with the better business bureau.

I found an old notification from Ello from that one day I used it in, what, 1758?

City Sunlight No. 7, watercolor on paper by Michael Chapman

It dawned on me today that I'm getting close to 20 years since joining MySpace/social media and meeting a bunch of "online friends" who became face-to-face friends. I met more important people this way who I'm still in touch with than high school and college combined.

My write-up of McNally Jackson down at the seaport is over at The Bookshop Hunter. It's an astoundingly beautiful branch of their stores. #booksky www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

As a Spurs fan, I am bathing in glorious schadenfreude. Will Kawhi get the Pete Rose treatment? Probably not. But will Ballmer and the Clippers? sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...

now up for pre-order at magical jeep square.link/u/Ax2KRd0C #poetry #booksky #milestone

A real throwback from 2019 😳 early bookshop hunting days... hvwg.org/2019/06/the-...

Here's a somewhat silly little story of mine about Hemingway and Mama Fratelli from the Goonies having an arm wrestling contest from my book Both Ways Home. Enjoy! www.jameshduncan.com/blog/2023/2/...

I don't know who all is in charge of ordering pillows for major hotel chains but y'all are terrible at your jobs.

Few things feel better than waking up in Maine to a sunny day, walking through a garden, knowing you're going to sit by a lighthouse later, eat a lobster roll, and see good friends. In a world full of chaos, Maine never fails to sooth.

My write-up of the wonderful Nowhere Bookshop is over at my blog, The Bookshop Hunter. www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.

Let's goooooo!

My write-up of Cheever used and rare books in San Antonio, TX is over at The Bookshop Hunter blog. www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

jane austen did not agonise over the written word to be spit on like this

Everything bagel seasoning should be on every restaurant table.

I haven't kept my website updated with news as much as I'd like this year. So here's a post about summer happenings and Autumn plans. www.jameshduncan.com/blog/2025/8/...

If you see a lot of people living on the streets and your first thought is "We need a military crackdown on this" and not "We need to figure out how to help these people," then I've got news for you - you're a truly awful human being.

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

My latest bookshop review is up, this one for A New Leaf in Pine Plains, NY www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

The small town you're from has a place called Pizza Shack II or Dan's Place 2 and you need to be a certain age to remember where the first one was before it burned down.

I updated The Bookshop Hunter blog and my personal website to include a search bar to find bookstores I've written about as well as more landing page photos to liven the place up a little. I'm always open to bookstore recommendations to visit and write about! www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

It appears a few of my books will soon be in a library in Antarctica. A buddy of mine got a job down there and is bringing a few extra copies with him for the small library they have on site. That's not something that was on my bingo card.

There are few greater feelings than getting a little buzzed at a pub and only having a 30 second walk home.

Sometimes I write about bookshops, sometimes I interview writers about their favorite bookshops... www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

The David Lynch tribute issue of Hobo Camp Review is now live with work from Catherine Fletcher, Gabriel Ricard, Ryan Walraven, Michael N. Thompson, Jane Salmons, Peter Devonald, Juliet Cook, and Jay Orlando. Thanks to all who sent work! hobocampreview.blogspot.com

The cool thing about revising a novel you wrote 15 years ago is that you get to see how much better you are now, but you also occasionally get to see how good you were then, too.

My write-up of Codex in NYC is over at my blog, The Bookshop Hunter www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

Everyone who votes to keep the Epstein documents secret are either mentioned in them or are paid by someone mentioned in them, and that's why they don't want you talking about Epstein anymore.

The new Superman movie is really fun, but damn, home insurance rates must be insane in downtown Metropolis.

From my book Talavera Sunsets, only $10 from Bottlecap Press bottlecap.press/products/tal...

From my new book We Have Waited Long Enough, a split poetry collection with Kevin Ridgeway and Gabriel Ricard. Signed copies are available through all three authors.

Sometimes I write about bookshops. Sometimes I interview writers about their favorite bookshops. If you think you might be interested in a brief interview, let me know! www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

Seeing a local bookshop owner use AI is disappointing but whatever. Seeing that same owner go on a social media rant defending AI and mocking anyone opposed to it Is a whole other level of disappointment. Why are so many people who support the arts fine with theft and environmental destruction?

I wrote an overlong noir/horror novel in my 20s and rewrote it 5 times in my 30s. I just picked it up again at 45 determined to pare it down to a publishable form and so far I'm feeling good about it. We'll see...

My write-up of Kinderhook Books is now up over at The Bookshop Hunter blog. I really liked the curation in this shop, a very cool selection of books. #booksky www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

Sometimes reddit is the most entertaining game in town

My write-up of Postmark Books in Rosendale, NY. It may be small but it packs a punch! www.jameshduncan.com/the-bookshop...

One of those nights when almost all local primary elections, here in Albany and in NYC, went the way I hoped they would. Good job, New York.

Here's a poem from my latest book We Have Waited Long Enough, a split collection with Kevin Ridgeway and Gabriel Ricard. We're selling copies for 15 bucks apiece.

We Have Waited Long Enough - $15 Talavera Sunsets - $10 Both - $20 I have a very limited supply of signed copies but I'd be delighted to put them in the mail if you're interested! #booksky