viking sew and vac center, front, higgins avenue, missoula, montana, 1987

Advance praise for my collection of short stories THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS (out 11.18 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) from @alexhigley.bsky.social

davidson building, ellensburg, washington, 1987

SHAGGY: like zoinks, scoob, what're you reading? SCOOBY: *halfway through underworld* ron rerillo eeheehee

Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.

I'm convinced that I've just read the best novel of 2025 and it should come as no surprise that @alexhigley.bsky.social wrote it

storybook land park, aberdeen, south dakota, 1987

iced americano at the indoor play place

pretending to like the shirt she got you

rocket drive-in, sweetwater, texas, 1979

outlook autocorrected my name to “Sled”

yei-be-chei dancer signs, kaibab valley trading company, route 64, williams, arizona, 1987

happy pub day to @adremily.bsky.social go pick up Seduction Theory! bookshop.org/p/books/seduction-theory-emily-adrian/22087419?ean=9780316584517&next=t

desiree's resale boutique, glendive, montana, 1987

hanson's hotel site, deposit, new york, 1987

If you’re in NYC next week, come to my launch at Books Are Magic! I’ll be in convo with the brilliant Megan Nolan. www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-e...

hansel and gretel (horizontal), valley view mini-golf, great falls, montana, 1987

shasta drive-in, klamath falls, oregon, 1987

Today at @barrelhouse.bsky.social, Milan Polk reviews Alex Higley's latest novel, a sharp diagnosis of delayed adulthood, out now from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social. Take a look: www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/true-fa...

True Failure reviewed in The Nation: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

chicks, blackbeard's mini golf, fresno, california, 1987

The characters of this are still alive in my memory nearly a year later—read it in ARC.

The first novel we published in 2025 was the incredible TRUE FAILURE by Alex Higley. We love this book! Funny, heartfelt, profound. "Higley examines the relationship between who we want to be and who we end up becoming." says @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social @alexhigley.bsky.social

True Failure came out five months ago/thanks to everyone that has read it!

Cool news, @alexhigley.bsky.social and @maris.bsky.social: one of the funniest people alive liked your books.

zion national park, springdale, utah, 1987

The website is now updated with a few selected pieces from the forthcoming issue. Subscription copies will go out in a couple of weeks, and the issue will go up for sale on the site. Also, we open for subs August 1!

Since it is now July, you can watch the second episode of THE CRAFT OF ACTING, in which I talk to the great Brian Cox (!!!) about his career, technique, why he loves live theater, the surprising basis of his take on Hannibal Lecter and much, much more. www.criterionchannel.com/videos/the-c...

hole #8 detail, hutsie putsie, deposit, new york, 1987

wilma theater, vertical view, sherman street, coeur d'alene, idaho, 1987

maywood lodge, close-up view 2, n. 1st street, yakima, washington, 1987

Coming this July, only on Criterion… A conversation between me and the great Brian Cox about his career and craft, filmed live at St Ann’s Warehouse! It will be paired with the films we discuss for a wonderful streaming retrospective!

In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.

walker's wheel-in camping, grassy butte, north dakota, 1987

blackbeard's mini golf, six bumpers, fresno, california, 1987

RIP big dog

RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview

alamo plaza hotel courts, shreveport, louisiana, 1982

authors, editors, publicists: please point me toward awesome researched and reported nonfiction books, forthcoming or from the last six-ish months. Science, nature, history, culture - whatever it is! (pls rt!)

New class in late August! Join us or share with someone who might want to! More information at greatplacebooks.com/fiction

One week from today!!

aero lounge sign, chinook, montana, 1987

Aaron is my absolute favorite. He is an amazing writer and editor and I love that he spreads the word about writing he loves and always fosters community. Here, I got to talk about work by Reginald McKnight, Steven Millhauser, @elizabethhand.bsky.social, @alexhigley.bsky.social, and Jim Shepard.

storefront, 1st street, mount vernon, washington, 1987

the #lunchbagdoodle notebooks 2024-25 (1/2) wet

they are really going for it with mass detention and that means concentration camps, that means mass deaths, that means plenty of citizens rounded up too, especially political dissidents. if you still can’t see where this train is headed idk what to tell you anymore

el portal motel, santa rosa, california, 1991