Michael Schaub
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
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Journalist,
@bookcritics.bsky.social
board member, anxiety guy.
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Michael Schaub
National Book Critics Circle
21 days ago
The NBCC is proud to announce that the winners of the Toni Morrison Achievement Award are NPR and PBS!
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RIP to the king of San Antonio:
www.tpr.org/arts-culture...
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San Antonio music legend Augie Meyers dies at 85
The Vox organist helped shape the sound of South Texas as a founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet and later the Texas Tornados.
https://www.tpr.org/arts-culture/2026-03-09/san-antonio-music-legend-augie-meyers-dies-at-85
28 days ago
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he's Har-BACK
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Chad Harbach has a follow-up to "The Art of Fielding" coming in October. We've got the exclusive at Kirkus:
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New Novel by Chad Harbach Coming This Fall | Kirkus Reviews
Little, Brown will publish the authorâs follow-up to âThe Art of Fieldingâ in October.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/new-novel-by-chad-harbach-coming-this-fall/
about 1 month ago
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Love this guy and canât wait for his new book
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about 1 month ago
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Keith Emerson Moogmogged Rick Wakeman. I am almost certainly going to delete this
about 1 month ago
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The secret to feeling young as a 48-year-old is to early vote at a retirement communityâs pro shop
about 1 month ago
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3 months ago
Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When youâre in space all day is night
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ProPublica
2 months ago
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-garcia?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Tom McAllister
2 months ago
I wrote about Dan
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Goodbye to Dan McQuade
The absolute Best of Philly
https://open.substack.com/pub/tommcallister/p/goodbye-to-dan-mcquade?r=64xon&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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It's more than 125 years old, it had to have lost a ton of its potency by now
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3 months ago
Moby Dick (2026) "Call me Ishmael," I smile. "Okay," Queequeg frowns. "Anyways," I get up from my chair and move to the window, "being highkey broke and lowkey bored, I got sailpilled." Queequeg moves behind me, "Where did you go?" I smirk, "The watery part of the world."
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This is such a fascinating, beautifully written essay
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3 months ago
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I was honored to join my friends Tom Beer and Megan Labrise to talk about 2025 in books for Kirkus Reviews' Fully Booked podcast:
www.kirkusreviews.com/podcast/2025...
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Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction | Kirkus Reviews
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/podcast/2025-12-30/
3 months ago
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Almost forgot to post my favorite indie-pop Christmas song. Happy holidays!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0P...
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Secret Santa (You Could Be The One)
YouTube video by Six Cents and Natalie - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0P5OwP6iI&list=RDVk0P5OwP6iI&start_radio=1
3 months ago
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Amy Sherman
3 months ago
the meet-cute of DREAMS
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I wrote about my favorite book news of 2025 for Kirkus Reviews, including Colleen Hoover's "Reminders of Forgetting to Remember That It Ended With Them," which does not technically exist. Also, MrBeast makes an appearance because nothing matters anymore:
www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
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Year in Review: Our Favorite Book News of 2025 | Kirkus Reviews
In a year full of distressing news stories, these weird dispatches from the literary world kept us entertained.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/year-in-review-our-favorite-book-news-of-2025/
3 months ago
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Oddly, everything I need to know I learned from a restroom, not Roald Dahl
4 months ago
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Jo
almost 3 years ago
me, as a child: *walks into the kitchen covered in my own blood holding a rabbit I fought from a hawk* my mom, on the phone: *mouthing* Iâm on the phone
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Christoph Irmscher
4 months ago
A terrific experience to chair the
@bookcritics.bsky.social
nonfiction committee, with the amazing
@gwinnma.bsky.social
,
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
, Jacob Appel, Colette Bancroft, Iris Dunkle, Jonathan Leal. Congrats to all longlisted authors and all writers whose work we read during the last year!
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The pride of Texas. Rest in peace, Joe Ely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOH...
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Joe Ely - All Just To Get To You - Music Video 1997
YouTube video by Dan Powers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOHGFa2QmA&list=RDolOHGFa2QmA&start_radio=1
4 months ago
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Michael Schaub
National Book Critics Circle
4 months ago
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
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4 months ago
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Excited to continue serving on the NBCC board with a bunch of incredible people!
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4 months ago
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This personâs name sounds like a really drunk person trying to remember who wrote âSong of Solomonâ
4 months ago
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"He will command his angels in front of you / There was this one time Steve Cropper played with Lou"
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Steve Cropper Plays Femme Fatale
YouTube video by The Paranoid Style - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoBykM8aIc&list=RDAEoBykM8aIc&start_radio=1
4 months ago
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Rest in peace to one of the greatest guitarists in history:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
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Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/arts/music/steve-cropper-dead.html
4 months ago
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NPR's Books We Love is here! This year, I had the honor of writing about books by Claire Jia, Andrew Porter, Davey Davis, Leni Zumas, Paula Bomer, Joan Silber, Travis Mulhauser, Corinna Vallianatos, Dean Van Nguyen, Jeremy Atherton Lin, and Lucas Schaefer:
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2025
4 months ago
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the hype
5 months ago
Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
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Martyn
5 months ago
The literary establishment: "Hey, what's your new book prize called?" Me, having not thought about it until now: "The Book... er?"
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Todd Snider was one of the smartest, funniest singer-songwriters in Americana. Heartbroken that he's gone, far too young:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Todd Snider, Rambling Troubadour Who Helped Shape Alt-Country and Americana, Dead at 59
Todd Snider, the rambling troubadour who helped shape the Americana music movement, has died at 59.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/todd-snider-alt-country-americana-singer-dead-1235465277/
5 months ago
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I thought all pitchers threw balls on purpose
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cameron
5 months ago
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! đ€
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Elizabeth Nelson
6 months ago
Big Paranoid Style news! New single "It's A Dog's Breakfast (for LR)" is available now! Plus new LP 'Known Associates' is available as a Bandcamp preorder! Check out the new tune, a tribute to my hero Linda Ronstadt, with an accompanying essay at Southwest Review!
southwestreview.com/track-premie...
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Sarah Weinman
6 months ago
Thank you
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
for including WITHOUT CONSENT in the OC Registerâs Fall Books Preview!
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Fall book preview: 34 new titles youâll want to read in 2025
From novels and nonfiction to titles that resist easy classification, these exciting books are coming to your local library or favorite independent bookstore.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/10/10/fall-book-preview-34-new-titles-youll-want-to-read-in-2025/amp/
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I got Covid for the first time and it feels like I finally discovered the band that everyone else was into five years ago. A band that sucks and when you go their concert beats the shit out of you
6 months ago
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I was honored to talk to Derrick Barnesâa two-time Kirkus Prize winner who has been named a finalist for a thirdâabout his latest novel for young readers, "The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze," for Kirkus Reviews:
www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
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Derrick Barnes Wants To Smash Stereotypes | Kirkus Reviews
The protagonist of the award-winning authorâs new middle-grade novel is, above all, âincredibly human.â
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/derrick-barnes-wants-to-smash-stereotypes/
6 months ago
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The finalists for the 2025 Kirkus Prize have been announced!
www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
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Finalists for the 2025 Kirkus Prize Revealed | Kirkus Reviews
The literary award, now in its 12th year, comes with a $50,000 cash prize.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/finalists-for-the-2025-kirkus-prize-revealed/
7 months ago
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I don't like being sincere on social media but what Tom and Mike did with Book Fight! was an incredible service to literature. The best book podcast ever, hosted by two of the smartest and nicest dudes in the world. Thanks, y'all.
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9 months ago
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Erik Pedersen
9 months ago
Donât miss Friend of Books
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
as he recommends 33 novels, story collections, nonfiction titles and more
#books
this summer. *Gift Link*
www.ocregister.com/2025/07/15/3...
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33 summer book recommendations featuring some of 2025âs best novels and more
Here are some great choices for fiction, nonfiction, essays, memoir and more to keep you busy through the hot summer months.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/07/15/33-summer-book-recommendations-featuring-some-of-2025s-best-novels-and-more/?share=ormtagbkd27srs2mttg7
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There are some great books coming this summer! Here are 33 of them:
www.ocregister.com/2025/07/15/3...
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33 summer book recommendations featuring some of 2025âs best novels and more
Here are some great choices for fiction, nonfiction, essays, memoir and more to keep you busy through the hot summer months.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/07/15/33-summer-book-recommendations-featuring-some-of-2025s-best-novels-and-more/amp/
9 months ago
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Michael Schaub
Two Dollar Radio
9 months ago
The one-and-only
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
called us âyour favorite publisherâs favorite publisherâ and now we have to sit down. THANK YOU, Michael, and thank you for featuring Issa Quincyâs ABSENCE on this great summer book roundup
@ocregister.bsky.social
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www.ocregister.com/2025/06/24/3...
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AOP
9 months ago
Dave claims his bread is "killer," and yet on the logo he seems to be playing a C add #5 (muting the low E with his pinky). They should rename it Dave's Jazzy Bread imo
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Two Lines Press
9 months ago
SLEEP PHASE by Mohamed Kheir, translated by Robin Moger is in great company on
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
's list of indie press summer reads! đhttps://www.ocregister.com/2025/06/24/33-new-books-youll-want-to-read-this-summer-from-independent-publishers/?share=3hoosmssporei3ldwn4h
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33 new books youâll want to read this summer from independent publishers
Looking for something new or a fresh take on a favorite genre? Check out these small-press titles.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/06/24/33-new-books-youll-want-to-read-this-summer-from-independent-publishers/?share=3hoosmssporei3ldwn4h
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Erik Pedersen
10 months ago
Celebrate your independents with
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
âs list of small-press
#books
out now or coming this summer.
#booksky
www.ocregister.com/2025/06/24/3...
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33 new books youâll want to read this summer from independent publishers
Looking for something new or a fresh take on a favorite genre? Check out these small-press titles.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/06/24/33-new-books-youll-want-to-read-this-summer-from-independent-publishers/?share=3hoosmssporei3ldwn4h
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I recommend reading this to yourself in a President Thomas J. Whitmore voice. (Then buying some small-press books from your favorite indie store.)
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10 months ago
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Willie Fitzgerald
10 months ago
a surprising recipe for a hot afternoon: fill a glass with ice, top with half iced coffee and half lemon-lime gatorade. Will this be good? absolutely fucking not. totally disgusting. but it *is* surprising
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I had the pleasure of talking with Dean Van Nguyen about his fascinating new book, "Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur":
www.ocregister.com/2025/06/19/h...
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How Tupac Shakur became an icon of political resistance and rebellion
Author Dean Van Nguyen looks at the performerâs work through a political lens in his new book, âWords for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur.â
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/06/19/how-tupac-shakur-became-an-icon-of-political-resistance-and-rebellion/
10 months ago
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Novelists, you might want to be thinking about which fast-food dessert you want to embrace:
www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
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Emily Henry Partners With Pinkberry on Sweepstakes | Kirkus Reviews
Itâs the latest in what appears to be a craze for author partnerships with chain restaurants.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/emily-henry-partners-with-pinkberry-on-sweepstakes/
10 months ago
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