Counterpoint: No I will not

I’m nowhere near Connecticut but this lineup is great

My barber who I didn't think was that much younger than me was telling me about Pop Culture Jeopardy and said "I think someone your age would still get it," so excuse me while I wither away now

My book This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers came into the world six months ago today. If you've bought the book, read it, reviewed it, thought about buying it, or even just liked, shared, or laughed at/cheered for a post about it, you have my eternal and undying gratitude.

Clerks Mallrats Chasing Amy Dogma Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Jersey Girl (idk lol)

“This being Brown’s first novel it’s difficult to predict how much of an effect he’s going to have on the canon, but he’s off to a fairly good start.” New review of The Walls (in the mag that published my second story!): www.godscrueljokelit.com/h-blanton-ru...

In case you missed it earlier this week, CJ's released the newest novel from one of our heroes, one of our founders, Sheldon Lee Compton. Get yours: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-old-invi...

Rolling Head by Adam Shaw maudlinhouse.net/rolling-head/

This oneee 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Very very stoked to be in Maudlin House with a little story about a head rolling around town.

"William Faulkner says kill your darlings. I say drag your dead darlings around with you everywhere you go and try to prop them up in everything you write and see how they do as ghosts." - Sabrina Orah Mark

"Everything rushed forward like a kiss to the forehead, arms wrapping around my shoulders and pulling me close." I dig this piece of writing by @adamshaw502.bsky.social 💙💙💙

I've got a new essay in Farewell Transmission today! It's about Sum-41 & McDonald's meatloaf & the mall in my hometown & my dad and brother & really how I just miss the early 2000s.

listening to The National and crying counts as writing

me, buying a book written by someone who I've never met but we sometimes like each other's posts on Bluesky: my friend wrote this

I read this one by @joeyhedger.bsky.social in bits and pieces as the semester wound down, and man, what a clever and charming novel. Just wonderfully small town midwestern in all the best ways.

today from Vic Nogay! https://www.havehashad.com/g6rgg

Stumbled across some doodles my kid left in my notebook while writing today.

Don’t run universities like a business run it as a public good

"I squeeze blood oranges gently to let them know / that I know what it’s like: the plucking and parsing [...]" 🥚 We have none other than the brilliant Aubri Kaufman (@aubrirose.bsky.social) in The Bulb Region today with three fresh poems, including a contrapuntal. bulbregion.com/Three-Poems-...

Trying to fix myself by getting really into sourdough

Bird people always tell me blue jays are assholes, but man, I just don’t want to believe it.

Fuck AI. You do it yourself over and over until it feels real. That's the whole point

Sheldon lee Compton's new novel, THE OLD INVISIBLE, comes out a week from today. It's been with a heavy heart that this one goes to the final stages, but it is our honor to publish it in his memory.

My 7 y/o daughter asked me on the way to Girl Scouts what daddy issues are, AMA

Our quick response window is up and running! Send us CNF or Brewer's Choice submissions, and you'll hear back within 7 days.

Woke up to book mail from @stanchion.bsky.social, a 10/10 start to the weekend.

Cowboy Jamboree has been punching above its weight for a while now. The last year or so of getting noticed for big awards, having CJ music reviews shared w/ the big dogs, blurbs from big authors like Ron Rash & Donald Ray Pollock, & noted reviews like this are so rewarding.

IT WAS CALLED THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR AND THEY BROUGHT THE BOOKS TO THE SCHOOL AND SET IT UP LIKE A BOOKSTORE AND YOU COULD GET GOOSEBUMPS AND FEAR STREET BOOKS BUT ALSO MICHAEL JORDAN POSTERS AND NICKELODEON BOOKMARKS AND PENCILS THAT SMELLED LIKE CUPCAKES

had one of those moments while writing today where I was like, oh shit, *that's* what this story's about, and I might be riding that high all weekend

may i direct you to malarkeybooks.com/store/returns

I’m a rich man

My beer league hockey championship is on Mother’s Day, a real punch to the gut for us dudes who skate around in hopes of winning a *checks notes* rusted beer keg with a mixing bowl welded to its top.

Willie Nelson turns 93 today. Give yourself the gift of Cowboy Jamboree's RED HEADED WRITING, incited by all things Willie: a.co/d/05YltWWg

My brother asked me over the weekend what I've been writing lately, and I told him A Goofy Movie, and he asked what that entailed and I admitted that I've watched this YouTube video like, 200 times this month, and I don't know if he took me seriously before but he surely does now.

Love the hell out of M7. Sad to see it go but stoked for these last few volumes.

Every few years, everything shifts. Whether you want it to or not. Kirsti MacKenzie on writing, community, and the Three-Year Cycle. Season 5 of Textual Healing starts now. open.spotify.com/episode/331Z...

Solving all my problems by buying tickets to see random jam bands in the middle of the week

Finished a puzzle. 😎

My guy “Jeff” is up. Come meet him. Much thanks to @completesentence.bsky.social for being the best and pubbing this one!! www.completesentencelit.com/post/_jeff

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

It’s kinda great to see your kid get the *exact* Happy Meal toy they wanted.

"Lesson learned: rid yourself of what is no longer working for you, even if it was beautiful."

First mow of the season: ✔️

I have another poem (?!?!) out, this one over at @somewordslit.bsky.social about my daughter losing it over a missing Spidey and His Amazing Friends plush and how it made my brain feel like a shaken up can of soda

I have another poem (?!?!) out, this one over at @somewordslit.bsky.social about my daughter losing it over a missing Spidey and His Amazing Friends plush and how it made my brain feel like a shaken up can of soda

Man. I learned a lot from Sheldon. He helped me with some of my earliest work, gave a few pieces of mine their homes, and was such an encouraging and curious and all-out great guy. This is a punch to the gut.

I wrote a poem (?!) about going to a punk fest and skipping a bunch of bands to watch wrestling and drink Malört and eat corn dogs.

@adamshaw502.bsky.social comes off the top rope this week with "Submission." "And there was something about the swell of it all that felt like just what I'd come for" onefallreview.com/2026/04/13/s...