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christianbauman.bsky.social
Writing from and around the edges of things. Novels: The Ice Beneath You, Voodoo Lounge, In Hoboken. Former lives: NPR/ATC commentaries; guitar slinger; soldier. New Hope, PA & West Cape May, NJ baumansbrain.com
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Degenerate bastard

submitted 4 hours ago • 13 comments

I really really WANT a paperback spinner rack o stick all of my 70's massmarkets in.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Hi Friends: My GoFundMe is now up if you'd like to contribute. Thanks. ❤️ bit.ly/gofundvance

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

You shall find there A man who is th’ abstract of all faults That all men follow.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

haunted house? you just found a new potential friend, that’s a glass half full right there

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

God strike me down for saying so, but this beautiful Breslin line could work in South Philly as well…

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Although noted for a few reasons, this wasn't a good book. Storytelling, dialogue, language...as a friend said to me: "Meh." But I found 1 good sentence & here is today's #sundaysentence "One thing he resolved was not to make that 1 good year a bad year by grieving that it was not more than a year."

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

I hiss like a vampire near sunlight whenever someone applies too much logic to my theories on life

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

’Tis thought, my lord, that you took bribes

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

You just can't go wrong with Chris Offutt's series of Mick Hardin novels, & the newest, The Reluctant Sheriff, provides my #sundaysentence for this week: "It occurred to him that he was adept at loving things that were incapable of loving him back."

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

The King is mad

submitted 18 days ago • 21 comments

My #sundaysentence this week is @eamondolan.bsky.social’s powerful book about a journey I’ve been on for 15 years: “People who abuse us often believe they love us, but they’re merely connecting with us for their own self-serving needs.” To them, he adds, we are just extensions, not real people.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

I’m pretty sure every baby born to GenX parents was rocked to sleep in a Poang (probably with the Indigo Girls turned down low on the stereo). Also pretty sure the ol Poang only cost $50 in the 90s.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

I am a firm believer that the music playing while you cook finds its way into the flavors in the food.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

I will knog your urinals about your knave’s cogscomb for missing your meetings and appointments.

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

Happy @greggno.bsky.social drop date for all those who celebrate! orcd.co/inspace5225

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

monday 1:32pm cape may point

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

My #sundaysentence this week matches the weather: “It’s windy enough to blow the milk out of your tea.”

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Well, well; there’s one yonder arrested and carried to prison was worth five thousand of you all.

submitted 28 days ago • 5 comments

My #sundaysentence for this week is from @lauriewoolever.bsky.social & her harrowing new memoir; the sentence could have been uttered by me on any random day in my 20s & several other eras of my life as well: "I could not fathom saying no to what was happening, because it was exactly what I wanted."

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment