loved watching him play, so gd sad

very excited for this @isaacbutler.bsky.social!

hell yeah

True Failure came out a year ago today. Thanks to those of you that have read and reached out or purchased and tossed in a pile! Photo from @jerrybrennan.bsky.social

Can’t wait to read this book!

Two spots left in this course! We’ll go deep on four Sparks from four different Spark eras. I’ll also give you feedback on your WIP. I love these classes and might be looking forward to this one most of all!

. @wilmes.bsky.social nails it on the Indiana Bears: "Profits only go so far before they start to defeat pride and purpose, and the Bears will be leaving so much of what matters about their franchise behind if they all care about is maximally fleecing a government" www.sbnation.com/nfl/1104255/...

RIP Silverblatt. Formed a lot of my education in books. Miss the old KCRW website when it was easy to navigate through eps. Goodbye to a true lunatic.

wrote about a new Halldor Laxness translation for the Harvard Review www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...

I have a headache but someone needs to write about how this ties into the enshittification of books, and how the project all along has been to undermine literature and free thought (dangerous to the regime!) in favor of high-volume self-published chat GPT-composed amazon slop.

I wrote about Dan open.substack.com/pub/tommcall...

new class with @adremily.bsky.social!

New class with @adremily.bsky.social Greatplacebooks.com/spark

No one is saying you HAVE to read Muriel Spark this year…

wrote about Katherine Dunn for @nplusonemag.com www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

I wrote about the political left and right, and why class analysis falls short of explaining how they operate. aeon.co/essays/why-h...

Writers, it's time. Scrivener for Creative Writers is back! Join me 1/31 for a 90-minute class that will give you a powerful start to your writing year. Info and signups (and student discount) at jaimegreen.net/classes

GPB classes are back!

wrote about the clippers as an existential failure basketball.realgm.com/analysis/282...

reading the barbecue sauce wiki

grizzly fireworks sign, russell street, missoula, montana, 1987

free shipping and 20% off a future order at Bookshop bookshop.org/p/books/true...

Congratulations to Northwestern on being extorted!

fish inn, coeur d'alene, idaho, 1987

stork cafe, 3rd street, route 66, winslow, arizona, 1979

deane and jo's mini golf, wagon wheels, yakima, washington, 1987

Just learned that my former professor, friend, and mentor Stephanie Vaughn, has died. For those unaware, Stephanie's book SWEET TALK is one of the greatest American story collections, up there with the likes of JESUS' SON. This is the justly famous intro of her story "Dog Heaven"

I love this story by @parkeryoung.bsky.social joylandpublishing.com/fiction/pedi...

my favorite food is Ricola

kid at the library is screaming “DINGUS” over and over

scott's hotel & casino, deposit, new york, 1987

Thankful for books in general, but especially our authors and these recent/forthcoming titles. @alexhigley.bsky.social @mbsycamore.bsky.social @tomcomitta.bsky.social

Getting ready to finally start the new @alexhigley.bsky.social...

Chicago neighborhoods tear gassed by federal agents during recent immigration raids: Logan Square, Brighton Park, Little Village, East Side, Lakeview, Irving Park and Avondale.

Old Irving Park, not far from Kilbourn Park

yellow and white bricks, dean and jo's mini golf, yakima, washington, 1987

holland farms dairy sign, yorkville, new york, 1987

corn palace, mitchell, south dakota, 1987

shasta drive-in theater, winter avenue, klamath falls, oregon, 1987

paperback coming in January bookshop.org/p/books/rebo...

jet statue (angle 1), mini golf at flags of fun amusement park, rapid city, south dakota, 1987

my book Are People Out There is out in two weeks. here are some blurbs by Ling Ma and Sebastian Castillo. you can still pre-order the book at Future Tense Books: futuretensebooks.com/product/peop...

zion national park, springdale, utah, 1987

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

A day after a federal judge ruled that ICE can’t use “tear gas, pepper spray, or other weapons against journalists.”

I finally got a chance to write one of my dream assignments, an in depth evaluation of Daniel Day-Lewis, an actor whose achievements and methods cast a long shadow over the field, and whose work is often misunderstood. slate.com/culture/2025...

if it is not glaringly obvious that these people are in chicago to manufacture violence

I’ve been offline the last week but I’m glad to hear people enjoyed a photograph somebody else took and shared, of my old idea that I had, for clout. I love that for them. Buy my album veryimportant.lawyer

westland service gas sign, drake, north dakota, 1987