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I’d be curious peoples current fave print lit journals! Part of the reason I stopped doing print Ho, and haven’t done print versions of anything else, was bc I don’t want to put stuff out I’m not myself taking in, and I haven’t read one in forever. But I bet there’s a couple I’d love!

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Damn bro, are you an AI? Because you're regurgitating a bunch of contextless, inaccurate nonsense, and I feel like I'm getting dumber just by interacting with you

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me explaining a real cool puzzle within the crossword puzzle to my gf is REAL high up there among shit she could not care less about

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just skimmed through the novella I have coming out next year and it turns out it includes all the pieces of stories that never quite worked as stories and I thought I'd discarded so spent the last few weeks reworking into one combined story, which is coming out soon 😵‍💫

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tbr pile at toppling-over heights, but might fuck around and reread this in my flight tomorrow

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adding to the chorus of everyone saying this @rpmirabella.bsky.social story is killer

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AI is useful in that it is often (always?) good to have reasons to call people who suck "dorks"

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a few years ago I went to an author reading and during the q&a the author said they didn't watch tv, and couldn't understand why anyone would ever watch tv, or something to that effect, and it made me reading i'd never read their books

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June 18: “Fitting Ends” by Dan Chaon Read Chaon’s “The Bees” in BASS ‘03 a few days ago, saw his name here in BASS ‘96 and dove in. The beginning immediately grabbed me, then the story’s pull on me came and went some (by nature of it being kind of a pastiche?), but ultimately really won me over.

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DANFLASHESSHIRTS doesn’t fit 😤

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June 17: “Point of No Return,” “Mesopotamian Hell,” & “Modern Dance” by Etgar Keret If Ted Chiang stories are often an interesting “what if…?” idea delved into deeply for a brilliant 40 pages, Keret stories are often an interesting “what if…” idea boiled down into a perfect little fun 5 pages.

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Hadn’t done any art in a minute. Feels good! Interesting because it went through such a phase of being frustrated it wasn’t going right… but then at some point everything just kinda clicked into place and I’m pretty stoked on how it turned out. A good reminder for any kind of creations.

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gf watching "You" and I saw "based on the books by Caroline Kepnes" in the credits and went, oh, I'm pretty sure I published her! (in the same month/"issue" as @thelincoln.bsky.social + nazi fighting!)

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SO excited to feature @abigailoswald.bsky.social's essay/love letter to @mcsweeneys.net today. I say this in my intro, but McSwys basically introduced me to contemporary fiction — lit journals, fave writers like Lydia Davis & Arthur Bradford& countless others. Feels special to get to publish this.

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this would fit perfect on mcswys

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what a fun essay this was to write! I've been so excited to share this little love letter to @mcsweeneys.net and their impact on my creative journey, which led me to reflect a lot on why I write; thanks as always to @aaronburch.bsky.social! ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/25-for-25-...

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love this view on sunny day from the “yacht club”/“bikini bar” parking lot ~halfway through my most frequent run

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Have rewatched this every year since COVID lockdowns and it’s fought its way into my top ten of all time. Better & weirder & seems more groundbreaking every rewatch.

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Been especially curious and excited to rewatch this, after seeing John Sayles in one of the new eps of Poker Face!

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Mail day!! I read a PDF OF @kevinmkearney.bsky.social’s nive while in Spain and loved it and am excited for a physical copy, and love this photo of @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social & @femmeintheory.bsky.social!

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July 16: “The Golden Darters” by Elizabeth Winthrop Don’t think I’d ever read any Winthrop before. From her bio, seems like she was (mostly?) a children’s writer. So this was a fun discovery! Endearing, sweet, but also with a little edge and just the right amount of heartache.

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A Mown Lawn: A Celebration

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Pivoting into being a historian (but entirely and only based on the study of annual BASS Forewords and Introductions)

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This @richiezabo.bsky.social banger has Going for a Beer + Father's Day + HAD energy. I love it so much.

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also: i've spent 25 years not that good at drawing or writing and that's been part of the joy

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“I want, but it is a light wanting. I yearn, but it is an easy yearning.” —Solvej Balle, On the Calcification of Volume I

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Stand By Me

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Hadn’t done any art in a minute. Feels good! Interesting because it went through such a phase of being frustrated it wasn’t going right… but then at some point everything just kinda clicked into place and I’m pretty stoked on how it turned out. A good reminder for any kind of creations.

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Me: takes 12 hours to read a book. You: idk, idc, that’s none of my business.

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here's a photo of me, with my stepdaughter and her friend, a few months after i moved to michigan and parentdom, younger then than the kid is now, wearing a shirt I stole from my dad's closet when I moved out

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