Short story up at Eclectica: www.eclectica.org/v29n2/sizemo...

Peddling copies of my novel God of River mud at the WVU Press booth, AWP.

Remember this all the time!

I'll be at the WVU Press booth (1047) on Thursday 12-1 and Friday 10-11 signing copies of my novel God of River Mud. Stop by and say hello. Or, if you'll be at AWP and would like the reconnect, or connect for the first time, reach out and we can get a coffee or a drink, whatever.

Happy ides of march! Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻

old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

Short live the dictator ! #USA bsky.app/profile/joeh... @nytimes.com @malcolmnance.bsky.social @miafarrow.bsky.social @ushmm.bsky.social

Watch this. Share this. Demand more reporting like this.

You can read the full speech at the link below, and in the collection Dancing at the Edge of the World (Grove Press, 1989). serendipstudio.org/sci_cult/leg...

There’s something happening in this country.

“How quickly you would give up for the sake of favor, and what you think is a friendship, with what is known to be a dictator who would eat you for lunch.”

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

"Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common sense dancing. Those who lack humour lack sense and should be trusted with nothing.” ~ Clive James

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

The current scapegoating of trans people only makes this worse. If you know any trans people, things are not okay for them right now. Reach out and give them some love. goodmenproject.com/featured-con...

When Musk denies that he did a big ol Nazi salute during the inauguration, remember this, from Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944.

neighbors’ dogs don’t get along

Excited to share that the new StorySouth (@storysouth.bsky.com ) issue went live today and features my creative nonfiction essay “Hazelgreen”. Check out the photos I took at Hazelgreen Academy in January 2020, then read at storysouth.com/stories/haze... #photography #booksky #southernfiction

Take a few minutes and read this powerful essay by my dear friend Marilyn Bousquin. trigger warning: rape solsticelitmag.org/content/beca...

A new report details both an epidemic of fatal violence and discriminatory legislation against trans Americans. While many fear a Trump administration will only further threaten trans lives, these orgs are fighting back. ⤵️

We can build the #literaryfiction community beyond the starter packs. Here’s how: First, hit the like button, reply with #literaryfiction, and most importantly, hit the REPOST button. Then, follow each other back. The easiest way to do so is to follow everyone who reposts. Here’s how:

Hate that this is my first post: I wrote a lot about tfg during the last agon. Had no idea how relevant it would be all these years later. goodmenproject.com/featured-con...