"People feel their sports teams are part of who they are, and that leads to good writing." Malavika Praseed's interview with @scottbolohan.bsky.social on @thetwinbill.bsky.social's first anthology "Early Innings" (@406press.bsky.social) is out now! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/04/09/t...

Thrilled to be in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social talking EARLY INNINGS and when I rode the L for 24 hours straight. It was not a good idea. Thanks to @yfbpodcast.bsky.social for editing my rambles! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/04/09/t...

Happy Opening Day! Our nineteenth issue is out now! www.thetwinbill.com

We covered a lot of ground with this, some EARLY INNINGS, some Rays talk, and lots of exclusive Jon Berti content.

The Twin Bill's new anthology is OUT and you should get a copy if you love baseball literature! I had the opportunity to blurb this wonderful collection and here's what I said: "In four short years, The Twin Bill has become an institution on the sports literary scene. 1/

If you’ve ever wanted to read a poem about the Rhys Hoskins bat slam game, I wrote one, and it’s in here! Unlike Casey at the Bat, it has a happy ending for the good guys.

EARLY INNINGS is out today! We are so excited to share it with you, it's everything we love about baseball. You can order here: thetwinbill.com/product/earl...

Great interview. Scott is crushing it. Catch him @thetwinbill.bsky.social & @406press.bsky.social at #AWP.

I had a lot of fun talking about about EARLY INNINGS with Michael.

Release day is today! My new chapbook "Short Relief" is out now from @406press.bsky.social! Huge thanks go out to @fbereaud.bsky.social and @thetwinbill.bsky.social for their work in editing the final version together into a collection I'm especially proud of! 406press.com/product/shor...

If you like baseball, if you like words, if you like words about baseball, then you'll LOVE 'Early Innings' a super cool anthology from @thetwinbill.bsky.social, who are super cool for including me in it. Available for preorder today! thetwinbill.com/product/earl...

Big day here, our March releases arrived. Early Innings pre-order: thetwinbill.com/product/earl... Short Relief pre-order: 406press.com/product/shor...

Pre-order EARLY INNINGS here thetwinbill.com/product/earl...

I joined Ron Kaplan’s Baseball Bookshelf to talk about EARLY INNINGS. www.ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com/2025/02/25/t...

I’m thrilled to be able to share that my essay, ‘I Need to Talk to You About the Time Torii Hunter Stole a Homerun from Barry Bonds at the 2002 All-Star Game’ will be included in the Twin Bill’s excellent anthology. So excited to celebrate it and all the other writers as well at #AWP25 in LA!

The honorable mention for the E. Ethelbert Miller Poetry Prize is Robin Michel's "America's Favorite Pastime," illustrated by Matt Lawrence. thetwinbill.com/americans-fa...

Second place for the E. Ethelbert Miller Poetry Prize is Martín Espada's "Love Song of the Polar Bear Mascot at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island," illustrated by Andy Lattimer. thetwinbill.com/love-song-of...

The winner of the 2025 E. Ethelbert Miller Poetry Prize is @tlagasse.bsky.social's "My Mother The Shotstop," illustrated by @samuel-williams.bsky.social. thetwinbill.com/my-mother-th...

We're also thrilled to announce that our anthology, EARLY INNINGS, will come out on @406press.bsky.social, a new sports lit publisher from our founder.

Issue Eighteen is out now! Cover art of E. Ethelbert Miller is by @idrawbaseballcards.bsky.social www.thetwinbill.com

Thanks to @thetwinbill.bsky.social for including my poem in this anthology of baseball writing coming out March 18th.

Thrilled to announce that on March 18, we will release EARLY INNINGS, an anthology of our first four years. It'll be available in paperback and with full-page color illustrations in hardcover.

Saddened by the loss of Bob Uecker, who was truly part of the fabric of the game. Earlier this year we published this short story by Reuben Sanchez about him. thetwinbill.com/good-seats-e...

Submissions are open for our Opening Day issue! thetwinbill.com/submissions/

This piece about Steve Perry and the San Francisco Giants earned me my first Puschart nom from the great folks over at @thetwinbill.bsky.social. Malavika Praseed was so great to work with. thetwinbill.com/steve-perry-...

Submissions for our contest close tonight! You can win an engraved baseball trophy! thetwinbill.com/submissions/

“Her words resonate with the weight of collective history, as each choice in her language is filled with the tension and triumph of not just the moment, but of a people.” Great essay from my @thetwinbill.bsky.social mate. Excited to meet Matthew in person next weekend.

The print version of Issue 17 arrived today and it’s beautiful. You can order here: www.lulu.com/shop/sam-wil...

Rickey Henderson was truly one of the greats, and one of our greatest pieces is fittingly Brendan Gillen’s “Rickey Henderson Sits by a Lake.” thetwinbill.com/rickey-hende...

The proof our of print edition arrived today, it looks great! You can order it here: www.lulu.com/shop/sam-wil...

Issue 17 is now available in print! You can get it here: www.lulu.com/shop/sam-wil...

Our next book for our gift guide is David Ostrowsky's ROBERTO ALOMAR, the definitive look at the incredible and controversial Hall of Famer. rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...

Next on our baseball book gift guide is Tim Montgomery's BASEBALL'S GREAT EXPECTATIONS, a look at players who didn't live up to the hype, and the people they became. rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...

This week we're sharing some of our other favorite baseball books of the year, starting with Jerry Grillo's book BIG CAT on the overlooked HOFer Johnny Mize. Jerry will also be the guest judge for our Jackie Mitchell CNF Prize this year! www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

Our next Best of the Net poetry nominee is Tim Livingston’s “The phanatic” thetwinbill.com/the-phanatic/

Our next poetry Best of the Net nominee is Michael Gaspeny's "An I.O.U. to Big Klu, 1975." thetwinbill.com/an-i-o-u-to-...

Our next poetry Best of the Net nomination is Cynthia Gallaher's "Grave of the Cracker Jack Boy." thetwinbill.com/grave-of-the...

Today we are sharing our poetry Best of the Net nominations, starting with Jared Frank’s "Braves at Phillies, 10/14/22" thetwinbill.com/braves-at-ph...

We nominated Arlene Somerton Smith's short story "Hot Dog Buns Make Great Pillows" for Best of the Net. thetwinbill.com/hot-dog-buns...

Our next CNF nominee for Best of the Net is Michael Ward's "The Errors of Memory." thetwinbill.com/the-errors-o...

Today we are sharing our CNF and fiction nominees for Best of the Net, starting with @terryhorstman.bsky.social's "I need to talk to you about the time Torii Hunter stole a home run from Barry Bonds at the 2002 All-Star Game" thetwinbill.com/i-need-to-ta...

Our final art Best of the Net nominee is Jeff Brain's illustration for "Tendons." thetwinbill.com/tendons/

Our next Best of the Net art nominee is Elliot Lin's cover for Issue Twelve.

Today we're sharing our art nominees for Best of the Net, starting with Andy Lattimer's Issue Fifteen cover.

Today is #GivingTuesday, a crucial day for nonprofits like us. We've been able to stay afloat because of small donations from people like you. If you wanted to contribute anything, we would be so grateful. You can donate here. www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

We also nominated "Bart" by Jack Albert for the Pushcart. thetwinbill.com/bart/

Our next Pushcart nominee is "Foul Ball" by Alex J. Barrio. thetwinbill.com/foul-ball-3/

We also nominated "Men's league ballplayer" by Nick Visconti for the Pushcart. thetwinbill.com/mens-league-...

We also nominated Eligio Mares' "Oligo My Own" for a Pushcart. thetwinbill.com/oligo-my-own/

We nominated @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social’s "Steve Perry Pinch-Hits for Steve Perry" for the Pushcart. thetwinbill.com/steve-perry-...