Michael Schaub
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
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Journalist,
@bookcritics.bsky.social
board member, anxiety guy.
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Almost forgot to post my favorite indie-pop Christmas song. Happy holidays!
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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
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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/
9 days ago
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Oddly, everything I need to know I learned from a restroom, not Roald Dahl
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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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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.
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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
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National Book Critics Circle
17 days ago
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
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Excited to continue serving on the NBCC board with a bunch of incredible people!
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This personâs name sounds like a really drunk person trying to remember who wrote âSong of Solomonâ
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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
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Rest in peace to one of the greatest guitarists in history:
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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
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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:
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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
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the hype
about 1 month 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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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:
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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/
about 2 months ago
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I thought all pitchers threw balls on purpose
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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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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!
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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
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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:
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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/
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The finalists for the 2025 Kirkus Prize have been announced!
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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/
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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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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/
6 months ago
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Two Dollar Radio
6 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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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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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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Celebrate your independents with
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
âs list of small-press
#books
out now or coming this summer.
#booksky
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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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7 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/
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Novelists, you might want to be thinking about which fast-food dessert you want to embrace:
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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/
7 months ago
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Brilliant interviewer, brilliant author. This is going to be great
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Paula Bomer's new novel is about a cruel, misogynistic sociopath who lies about being successful in real estate and hurts anybody he can. I wrote about it for NPR:
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'The Stalker' is one of the most appalling characters in recent American fiction
Paula Bomer's dizzying book is a fascinating look at an absurdly stupid young man in the early 1990s who manages to sustain himself despite having no evidence of a soul.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/25/nx-s1-5406760/the-stalker-review-paula-bomer
7 months ago
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Look itâs not the mouseâs fault that your cookies are dry as hell
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NPR's list of books we're looking forward to this summer is up! I wrote about Lucas Schaefer's Austin-set novel, "The Slip":
www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
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17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summer
We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5356141/best-new-books-summer-reading
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I can attest that these books do actually exist! Sincerely, Michael Schaub, human
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one interesting thing about watching the wnba is that unlike in the nba, they don't shout "NBA!!!" before taking a shot. they just shoot it
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The Mayflies USA, one of my favorite bands for 25 years now, has an amazing new single with a beautiful video:
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The Mayflies USA - "Kickless Kids" (Official Video)
YouTube video by The Mayflies USA
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8 months ago
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Positive Larkin They help you out, your mom and dad They really mean to, and they do They pass on all the skills they had And add some extra... they love you!
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"I am 82 years old, I have seen everything, and I know that there are cycles. Things seem really bad. You think that you cannot get out of this, itâs going to get worse probably, but we will get out of it. Donât give up." I was honored to talk with Isabel Allende:
www.ocregister.com/2025/05/07/i...
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Isabel Allende has a new novel and a message: Donât give up
While promoting her latest book, âMy Name Is Emilia del Valle,â the celebrated author discusses independence for women, censorship and surviving a coup.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/05/07/isabel-allende-has-a-new-novel-and-a-message-dont-give-up/?share=eneasnwcve2eeplr7nws
8 months ago
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8 months ago
when it comes to the nhl playoffs i would like to simply say, âplay ballâ
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8 months ago
there's an author acting weird on here and I'm not even getting involved, I'm just a man living his life and listening to some tunes, free as a bird
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9 months ago
US FOOLS alert: Highly recommend this interview with Nora Lange by
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
for
@ocregister.bsky.social
â€ïžâđ„ Big thanks to
@erikpedersen.bsky.social
for publishing
www.ocregister.com/2025/04/09/n...
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Nora Langeâs âUs Foolsâ looks at outcast sisters growing up in the 1980s
The novel, which was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, is set during the farm crisis.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/04/09/nora-langes-us-fools-looks-at-outcast-sisters-growing-up-in-the-1980s/
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9 months ago
For Kirkus Reviewsâ Best Books of the 20th Century (So Far) special issue, NBCC Vice President/Online
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
wrote about the impact of Jonathan Franzenâs "The Corrections":
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Best of the Century: âThe Correctionsâ | Kirkus Reviews
Revisiting Jonathan Franzenâs 2001 novel.
https://buff.ly/e9BZLuC
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