Greg Mania
@gregmania.bsky.social
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writer/DSM-5 darling
https://linktr.ee/gregmania
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handed the mic over to the em dash—read its response to the AI allegations in my latest for
@mcsweeneys.net
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The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-em-dash-responds-to-the-ai-allegations
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san diego! next saturday! 🎉
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tonight feels like we all just got stabbed in the chest with the same giant needle uma thurman got in pulp fiction
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dick cheney died AGAIN???
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california vote yes on prop 50 or i stg
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stoked to have an extra hour to think about how bad everything is
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johnny bravo had roots right
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another killer empty trash in the books 🔪🩸🗑️ thank you to our incomparable readers, the semi-tropic for hosting us, and to the community without whom we wouldn’t be here! 💌
6 days ago
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LA! this is tonight! come play with us 🤝🔪
add a skeleton here at some point
7 days ago
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rounded up 15 audiobooks that made me secretly wish for traffic so i could keep listening 🎧🎧🎧
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15 Audiobooks to Bless Your Ears
SOS (Audio)book Log #10
https://saveourserotonin.substack.com/p/15-audiobooks-to-bless-your-ears
8 days ago
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rewriting the beginning of my novel for the 1,000th time
12 days ago
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today was the last day of my fall book proposal generator, and once again i’m blown away by my students’ projects—each one vital, urgent, hilarious, heartbreaking, and everything in between and beyond
12 days ago
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Michael’s selection of candy is pussy
13 days ago
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the fall installment of empty trash is next week!!!!!! 🕯️ join us on the 30th for an evening of hauntingly good work from yet another terrifyingly talented lineup ✨🗑️👻 also i’m putting together a spooky ooky ooky playlist so drop your requests in the comments! 🎃
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Adopt a Highway
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19 days ago
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san diego! see you 11/15! 🎉
20 days ago
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self-portrait by novelist who just crossed the 100-page threshold 🫢
20 days ago
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i haven’t bottomed in a long time, but i would for Storm in a ponytail
21 days ago
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we’re all in agreement that welch’s fruit snacks is fruit and not candy, yes?? YES?????????????????
21 days ago
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put those acne star patches on my face to see if this restaurant will let me order off the kids’ menu
22 days ago
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we’re pregnant! (with our first project together)
22 days ago
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let’s give it up for moss
23 days ago
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in one hour! join us, bbs!!!!
add a skeleton here at some point
23 days ago
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licking a pedialyte popsicle in the dark bitch
24 days ago
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her majesty herself
@annanorth.bsky.social
reveals her desk to me (and more!) on
#ShowUsYourDesk
TOMORROW, live from
@therumpus.net
IG account at 3pm ET/12pm PT! join us, bog brethren! 👑
24 days ago
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overstimulated at trader joe’s
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if you’re ready to start writing or revising your book proposal now—and/or can’t attend the weekly classes of an upcoming section due to scheduling conflicts—i’m offering the opportunity to do a 1:1 generator with me, on your own time and at your own pace! let’s get ur proposal did henny 💫
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Nonfiction Manuscript Consultation with Greg Mania — The Shipman Agency
“Greg’s approach to teaching and mentorship is representative of who he is as a whole: thoughtful, compassionate, insightful, honest, and humorous. I’ve benefited from one-on-one sessions with him and...
https://www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/nonfiction-manuscript-consultation-with-greg-mania
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Greg Mania
The Rumpus
25 days ago
You're gonna want to climb out of your bog for this next installment of Show Us Your Desk with
@gregmania.bsky.social
and this month's guest
@annanorth.bsky.social
, author of BOG QUEEN (
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
). We'll see you all on Tuesday, October 14 at 3 pm ET / 12 pm PT on Instagram Live.
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a packed house—the only kind you should have when celebrating such a special book 👽 loved teaming up with laura warrell and talking to
@ilanaslightly.bsky.social
about BEINGS at
@sunnysbookshop.bsky.social
, it was—i have to—out of this world 🛸
25 days ago
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four out of five times when my eyes glaze over, it’s because i’m thinking about the opening dance scene in Climax that was shot in one take
27 days ago
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saturday! we’re tearing up tarzana celebrating the release of
@ilanaslightly.bsky.social
’s stunning new novel at
@sunnysbookshop.bsky.social
🛸 join us! 👽
29 days ago
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bleach-to-root ratio nearing ideal proportions (cigarette mom in jersey)
about 1 month ago
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might treat myself and go scream with some red foxes tn
about 1 month ago
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Tajja Isen
about 1 month ago
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece:
thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
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The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
https://thewalrus.ca/the-publishing-industry-has-a-gambling-problem/
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Nicole Chung
about 1 month ago
From birth moms & other experts, I learned how complicated openness can be—even when it's part of the plan at the start. “We talk about open adoption as if it’s okay for everyone because there are no secrets,” a birth mom & advocate said. “In reality, the hurts of open adoption are just different.”
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When Adoption Promises Are Broken
Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/10/open-adoption-birth-mother-child-contact/684418/?gift=eUUtLLA90_W6-VDmwPw8oGxSOMdJk6Mh0-vzmul9LJM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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WELL I’LL BE
about 1 month ago
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my memoir workshop kicks off this sunday, oct 5, and my humor workshop starts thursday, oct 9—spots are still available in both! get in touch with any questions and sign up!! 🍎
about 1 month ago
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i have 25k words of my novel written which is also the same number of hairs i've pulled from my head since i started writing it
about 1 month ago
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oh hello!
about 1 month ago
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no tommy and i did not get married but you’ll know when we do (there will be a photo of guests showering us with tums as we exit the ceremony)
about 1 month ago
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does anyone else get painfully erect nipples at the delta sky club
about 1 month ago
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CUZ WE’RE GOING TO THE CHAPEL 💒
about 1 month ago
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MY OTHER BRAIN CELL IS GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW 🥹😭🥹😭🥹😭🥹😭
@tarasavelo.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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me again, reminding you that i’m offering a memoir and a humor workshop in october and would love to work with you!! i’d also appreciate it to the stars and beyond if you could help me spread the word!!! 🫶🫶🫶
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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pissed that i got my rapture gown dry-cleaned for nothing
about 1 month ago
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3,000 subscribers!!!! i have 3,000 forehead kisses to give! thank you!! 💌💌💌 pls subscribe to my silly substack!!!:
saveourserotonin.substack.com
😘
about 1 month ago
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the 2025 Kia Dark Night of the Soul
about 2 months ago
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got to play the role of the em dash—right in front of an audience last night 🤡 thanks to katja bartholmess and heavy manners library for having me!
about 2 months ago
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LA! reading here tonight! come out and let’s disassociate from The Horrors together
about 2 months ago
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i’ve said it 7382833737 times before and i’ll say it again: fuck
about 2 months ago
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