Have been traveling with this guy for over three decades and he’s the best.

It’s actually so funny to see Helen of Troy upset thousands of angry men in 2026 in the exact same way she did back in antiquity.

Have been traveling with this guy for over three decades and he’s the best.

About that Guardian list: ”No Angela Carter, PENELOPE FITZGERALD or Iris Murdoch. But this is bearable because…” No it’s not. #Booksky

About that Guardian list: ”No Angela Carter, PENELOPE FITZGERALD or Iris Murdoch. But this is bearable because…” No it’s not. #Booksky

Just home playing with my six genders dolls, aka the Super Friends set I had when I was a kid.

Thinking of keeping BlueSky as my only social media.

Thinking of keeping BlueSky as my only social media.

Jessica Francis Kane recrea un episodi desconegut per fer un retrat de l'escriptora britànica. Per Sílvia Marimon

Scotland is wooing me.

Accountability partner.

I think the title of my memoir is going to be: Reshape Whilst Damp

Penguin Press has redesigned the cover for the paperback release of FONSECA this summer and it is so great! Can't wait to share it soon.

Penguin Press has redesigned the cover for the paperback release of FONSECA this summer and it is so great! Can't wait to share it soon.

In Jan NPR included SHE'S UNDER HERE in a list of books they love for book clubs (also filed under "seriously great writing"). Visiting readers has been a joy, and I just want to remind groups looking for their next book that I'm available via Zoom to talk to your members. tinyurl.com/5br2zafu

I wrote a story for the Significant Objects project (thanks @angermonsoon.bsky.social for the invite!). You can bid on this singular shark and the story I wrote to go with it here (proceeds go to a Tucson no-kill cat shelter): www.ebay.com/itm/26764991...

Desk for the month, northern Scotland.

May “I’m not a basket case” haunt him the way “I’m not a crook“ did Nixon.

On a writing retreat to work on co-writing my first screenplay and having the time of my life.

On a writing retreat to work on co-writing my first screenplay and having the time of my life.

The smaller the piece of paper the better. Index cards or notepads or tiny notebooks work for me.

JD Vance, taking a break from lecturing the Pope about Catholicism, tries to tell @bcdreyer.social how to use a semicolon.

Don’t know where this came from. It’s been on the kitchen chalkboard since the pandemic. Still endlessly useful.

To be real: I achieved none of these today.

I’m sad that Helen DeWitt felt so broken by the publicity demands that she declined the Windham-Campbell prizes. If you think reading the whole thing is a little exhausting, imagine being the one with the spinning brain obsessing about it. paperpools.blogspot.com/2026/04/we-l...

Don’t know where this came from. It’s been on the kitchen chalkboard since the pandemic. Still endlessly useful.

A rare thread from me. The incredible Isabel Coixet is the only filmmaker who has adapted a Penelope Fitzgerald novel for the screen (“The Bookshop,” 2017, starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson) and so I sought her out when she was teaching at NYU last semester.

Go Michigan!

And while I'm Blueskying, here's a hot take: Penelope Fitzgerald > Beryl Bainbridge

Also? I grew up in Ann Arbor and the last time Michigan won the NCAA championship was the year I graduated from high school. 1989! Go Blue! 💙💛

Also? I grew up in Ann Arbor and the last time Michigan won the NCAA championship was the year I graduated from high school. 1989! Go Blue! 💙💛

And while I'm Blueskying, here's a hot take: Penelope Fitzgerald > Beryl Bainbridge

A rare thread from me. The incredible Isabel Coixet is the only filmmaker who has adapted a Penelope Fitzgerald novel for the screen (“The Bookshop,” 2017, starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, and Patricia Clarkson) and so I sought her out when she was teaching at NYU last semester.

Imagine shitcanning your career with AI use just to avoid writing a book review.

There's a new place on MacDougal called "What the Falafel" and I am here for it. The name is brilliant. I won't hear anything against it. Also, the food is really good. #nyc

Enjoyed talking some hockey with Ed Park. biblioracle.substack.com/p/talking-ho...

This is indeed a wonderful novel. It approaches a real-life chapter in the life of writer Penelope Fitzgerald with a light touch and gentle humor. It succeeds in being poignant rather than displaying earth-shattering pyrotechnics. 🕯️🦋📖🪷 In another words, both an antidote and a pleasure! #booksky

The Catalan edition of FONSECA is published today. It has dreamy French flaps and gorgeous blue endpapers and I love it. #booksky

The Catalan edition of FONSECA is published today. It has dreamy French flaps and gorgeous blue endpapers and I love it. #booksky

Thank you @millayarts.bsky.social for being a haven in all kinds of storms. The artist before me in Barn Studio 4 left this much-needed reminder behind. #booksky #tonimorrison

Thank you @millayarts.bsky.social for being a haven in all kinds of storms. The artist before me in Barn Studio 4 left this much-needed reminder behind. #booksky #tonimorrison

Following a tip by @isanchezprado.bsky.social just finished Jessica Francis Kane *Fonseca* — the 1950s context of Penelope Fitzgerald in Saltillo, Coahuila reminded me of Sybille Bedford *A Visit to Don Otavio* in Lake Chapala, Jalisco @jfkane.bsky.social 1/

Let’s try not to give up?

Let’s all go see more plays and staged readings. Let’s make more things independently.

You know what’s not controlled by a handful of billionaires? Live theater.

I read this in one big gulp. It’s mesmerizing, and should be at least as well-known as anything by Orwell.

You know what’s not controlled by a handful of billionaires? Live theater.

I've been sharing this Adrienne Rich poem with a lot of folks as we move closer to the collapse of first amendment freedoms. Please read, understand, share. It is not an answer. It is, instead, the very question we must ask and keep asking. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51092/...

FONSECA photographed in glorious company by the inimitable @manderleypress.bsky.social! ❤️🧡