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

Great books all around! Congratulations to @alexhigley.bsky.social and TRUE FAILURE!

thanks @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social! excited to see TRUE FAILURE shortlisted!

animal crackers for breakfast

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!