I mean, it's possible they got the date wrong and the only person to get raptured was Robert Redford. Biblical math is weird.

You see it too, right?

I'm in the middle of my reread of The Dispossessed. Now is both the exact best & worst time to read it. We can remake things and try for better, you know. We'll fail, because we're frustratingly human. But the trying? That might just be our best selves.

Coming in May 2026: A new edition of The Dispossessed! This one is part of HarperCollins' new American Classics line, all of which have nifty graphic covers. www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

Clothing upcyclers everywhere about to live their best life.

*tiny whisper* Some people have only ever read one book. And it's The Great Gatsby. And they've read it "16 times." Which should leave a person dead in a pool, having drown in Gastby. Yet they beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into that one f*cking book.

Anyway. Here's William Sidney Mount's mother, Julia Ann Hawkins, judging you harshly. Wow, have you been found lacking.

It's tiring to have been telling people for ages that incorrect responses are part of the design and *not* a bug. (I genuinely wish everyone would ditch the term "hallucination" though. It's insulting and not what's going on.)

At the MUSEUM! I got to talk about the calèche/calash carriage/bonnet situation with a guest. My dark powers grow. 😈

Last day with the museum's Art Nouveau exhibit. It's been a respite for the eyes and the mind, really. Though, if I had a flatbed, six strong backed friends in their 20s, and an ounce of stealth, this would be mine.

Morning Pro Musica with Robert J. Lurtsema (old school NPR), A Prairie Home Companion, or news, traffic, and weather on... AM radio. Tape deck? Never met her.

I don't have a page, but I'm cited in the entry for Rusalka because of my first book. (If anyone wants to make a wikipedia page on me, feel free. Please put that I'm a disappointment to my house rabbit.)

A starred review from PW 🥲

If you're canceling a streaming subscription for any reason other than monetary, may I suggest you put that monthly money into supporting public media? Say, through @adoptastation.org adoptastation.org

In case you've never been the recipient of an incredibly cute pet's rage, I present Mochi.

(I am not posting about The Horrors at the moment, as the words I have at my disposal don't fully reflect my thoughts right now; sharing them would do little to help.)

Oh. I guess it's my turn to get A.I. spam "let me market your book" emails. Silver lining: The book has gotten just enough attention to make me a potential mark 🫠

Ok. Off to the café to put pencil to paper. In, like, 30 years you'll have this book and it'll be Pure Crone Fire 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I think about this almost daily. (We need some more bears.) newrepublic.com/article/1596...

Truly. If you want good recs for audiobooks, you cannot go wrong here.

This begins in 80 minutes! I believe you can still join the livestream if you register anytime in advance. It'll be a fun hour!

"I didn’t want to write about myself. But of course I am in those books." Jacqui Devaney's interview with @karenpalmer.bsky.social on her new book “She’s Under Here” (@algonquinbooks.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/17/h...

Love to everyone also looking at a notebook and thinking, "Man, I'm supposed to write during this?"

Almost 10 years ago, I founded @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social to serve as a forum for literature in the Midwest. Today, I’m launching Alderbrink — a new online magazine and the first ever dedicated solely to fine press books. alderbr.ink/2025/09/17/w...

Philly, I'll be at the Kelly Writers House tonight with the great @juliaelliott.bsky.social! Join us, 5:30.

I introduced the rabbit to her pirate ship playhouse yesterday. While I know this can only end badly for me, the cuteness is worth it.

The Fox is free! Today my debut, Audition For The Fox, is officially out in the world. Magic. Fables. Time travel. And the many ways even a goofball can resist oppression & fight tyranny. Thank you to everyone who had a paw in bringing this into the world & supporting it. Forever grateful, I am 🦊💜

confirming that you CAN get your covid vax without a prescription in VA! at walgreens you just check the box that says you're high risk 🫡

I remember being quite young and watching a marathon of The Twilight Zone. Redford's episode came on, and even child me sat up straight and wondered, "Who is THAT?" Yes, yes, the looks. But more the ease that makes real charisma. Very few have it.

Core memory: Watching The Natural on TV with my dad.

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1. The 2nd cup of coffee 2. The softest fur behind a bunny's ears 3. Old books with reader annotations 4. Daffodils 5. A small piece of chocolate, right before bed

I wrote a really awesome book that maybe you'd like to read? bookshop.org/p/books/magi...

Meanwhile on NextDoor, Stephanie is having a real one.

Everyone please award five points to the husband-like appendage who just suffered through me practicing a talk on a subject he knows little about. (And had to dutifully tell me, "Yes, you sound smart.")

"I predicted all this years ago. Which you'd know if you'd ever bothered to read my chapbook, Edgar."

Gardening stuff: We cut down the 50-year-old mostly dead hedge and replaced it with a raised bed. The hedge couldn't take the cold this winter. I'm thinking small boxwoods (because deer), alliums (because deer), and more daffodils (because deer).

I really appreciated this read. mbird.com/politics/the...

When you're sitting right by the espresso machine and suddenly the milk frother lets out a great and mighty HOAAAAAAAAAAARK.

Unforseen consequence of posting a fish every time I go to the pet supply store to get stuff for my house rabbit: I now want to keep bettas again.

Dessert Mode: Activate! Best pie: Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Best ice cream (store): Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough Best doughnut: Maple cream Best bar: Butterscotch bars (or Clark Bars if we're talking candy bar) Best cake: Honey Pistachio Best other: Crème Brûlée

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU HAVEN'T READ MY ZINE?!"

Anyway. Have a latte. I had this one when cheating on my café with a café near my place of work. I call this Guilt Latte.

An annoying thing about these times is that explaining internet-poisoned political groups to someone makes you sound like you have a closet full of jaunty tinfoil hats and fascinators.

A mini lesson. All these things are named Calèche (though two sometimes go by calash.)

I just did a mini thread on calèche carriages, the calèche bonnet, and Calèche (the Hermès perfume). But I tried to adjust my interaction settings and it all disappeared. Now I'm tired. Rest assured, you would have learned excellent things.

On Saturday 9/27 I get to chat with Arianna Rebolini about her incredible book at Tiny Raccoon Books in Sayville, NY. facebook.com/events/s/ari...

I did, in fact, pick up a small embroidery set during today's travels.

Well, obviously I'm going to go to Michael's and take up embroidery about it.

• Published a book I'm proud of this year (pinned post) • Working on a talk for ASU's Worldbuilding Initiative (dream come true) • Preparing to moderate an event for a book I think is incredibly important (Arianna Rebolini's Better: A Memoir About Wanting to Die) • Writing a new novel longhand