Join us tonight at 7 pm for a reading by Natalie Bakopoulos and conversation with @deanbakopoulos.bsky.social !

Meet @aceisjoy.bsky.social, one of our fiction grads and social media intern, whose time in the program led to personal development on and off the page.

✍️ The application period for the 2026 FSG Writer’s Fellowship is now open! The application period began on June 16, 2025, and closes on July 18, 2025 . More information about the fellowship can be found at fsgfellowship.com.

This is why we can’t have nice things like a publishing industry

I’m a tad biased but I’ve read this ARC and I loved this novel and I think you will too!

Want to learn more about applying to the MFA Program for Writers. Two weeks from today, Sunday June 8th at 1pm ET, meet our director and learn how to prepare your application.

This comment period ends today, 5/23, at 11:59 pm ET. Please do comment asap if you believe the government should allow us to get COVID vaccinations. I can't believe we even have to petition them about this, but here we are.

🙌 Here comes @melissafebos.bsky.social THE DRY SEASON (thanks @nytimes.com) 💥💥💥 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/b...

“It took me ten years to live and two years to write” is how Bob Dylan once described Tangled Up in Blue. The song not only opens the masterpiece that is his 15th studio album Blood on the Tracks, it’s key to unlocking the whole record. 🧵

I know the trend of students using AI to cheat is sad, sure, but so is grading, so let’s abolish the grading system at all levels of education and find news way to teach and motivate ourselves and our students and evaluate their work.

One of the great feelings of middle aged Dad is ripping three extra sets of weights bc Dylan’s “Things Have Changed” comes on the shuffle play

Finally saw "Sinners." GotDAMN that was good. It's so beautiful to see a Black creative, in the fullness of his power, ignore all the "shoulds" and conventions and just COOK. That movie was so good it made me come home and write.

✨Cover Spotlight!✨ Check out the fantastic cover for ✨Archipelago: A Novel (8/19/25) by @nataliebakopoulos.bsky.social — designed by Beth Steidle, Tin House director of design & production. "A gorgeously sly page turner.” —Laura van den Berg More: bit.ly/ArchipelagoN...

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

This is so funny, I might have to print it out and frame it

I saw SINNERS two nights in a row it was that good

Holy fuck SINNERS is Cinema. @ryancoogler.bsky.social did it just went out there and did it

God love Ryan Coogler for taking his clout from Black Panther and David Zaslav’s money to make a horny, gory, morally grey, politically complicated, very funny original adult art movie shot on IMAX 65mm for real—that a bunch of industry insiders were rooting for to fail.

I suddenly wondered if the final speech @carriecoon.bsky.social gives at the end of White Lotus deliberately echoes Sonya’s last speech at the end of Uncle Vanya. This is why I’m an insomniac

No Kings protest in Santa Fe, NM

Cincinnati is showing up to protect democracy! #50501 #HandsOff

#HandsOff #NoKings #AustinTx

The New York anti-Trump protest today is BIG! Looks like tens of thousands on the streets. #50501movement #HandsOff #NoKings (🎥 L2FTV)

Huge crowd in Lexington, Kentucky today to declare "No Kings!" #50501 #NoKings #NoKing #HandsOff #protest #Kentucky #Lexington #indivisble

I pray there isn't a hell, because we would all go there for this

When people ask me what I do lately, I always say “I’m in show business.” One of the great phrases ever. Exciting and completely vague

Happy Pub Day, Big Chief! What a great debut novel ❤️✍️🏆🌙

Small Rain has won the PEN/Faulkner Award. I don’t know what to say, except that I’m very grateful to the judges, & very moved to see my book included alongside such excellent writers.

That speech at dinner from @carriecoon.bsky.social was transcendent acting. She’s so good. One of the very very best

All hail Mike White

A powerful letter and far more courageous than a lot of millionaire law partners I could name

Booker set to beat Strom Thurmond’s pro-segregation record, now this. Small green shoots of political life in the Dems

One of the most fiercely loyal and kindest people I’ve ever worked with, my TV agent Tony Etz, has passed away. I’ll miss him more than I can say. deadline.com/2025/03/tony...

Zelenskyy (to Putin): Fuck you. I’m not scared of you. Zelenskyy: (to Trump) You know what? Fuck you too.

I had the most perfect 48 hours in New York

Half time show a big win for short kings and our boot cuts

Winner is one of my favorite movies of 2024! Charmingly dark and brutally relevant, it’s one of the finest “based on actual events” films I’ve seen in recent years! Now on Hulu!

Things seem fine

Things seem good

I will keep posting this until the class is full, he threatened.

New newsletter is up! On the problem with motivation + power of routine (also 👻)

We have to get out of this place

Some news. Thanks to @shelf-awareness.com for sharing this. ❤️

🚨BREAKING: @DouglasEmhoff reportedly confronted Bruce Fischer, Sen. Deb Fischer's husband, at the inauguration, saying, “Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?” This came after Fischer declined to shake VP Harris's hand but attempted to greet Emhoff. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

Pet Sounds is a Christmas Album

Bernie would’ve won. Is this helpful?

Pardon Richard Papen