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christophercoake.bsky.social
Author of WE'RE IN TROUBLE (stories); YOU CAME BACK (a novel); and YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME NOT TO (stories). Professor in the residential MFA program in creative writing at U of Nevada, Reno
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Reno is a complicated and sometimes troubled place, but I love it here, not least for the weapons-grade rainbows

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Everyone, my colleague, the brilliant poet Steve Gehrke, has a book arriving next month--please preorder it! He's an astonishing artist. mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/visi...

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I dare you to gaze upon these pictures. www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolC...

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I can’t make the world better in any major ways today but here’s my dog, Inspector Bucket, who is not as well read as he might seem.

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At Sierra Trading Post I saw a five-year-old girl look theatrically both ways and then shove several rainbow-colored gift cards into her overalls. I ratted her out to her dad. Take that, lawlessness and chaos. I'm Batman.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Seems like a good day to share this poem, originally published in About Place journal. Here's to turning over the mussel shells.

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Absolute assclownery.

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David Lynch has died. You wouldn't read my work and think of him, necessarily, but he's one of those artists who shaped the world for me, telling me more about what was possible. A true great. Also he did this to us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uozh...

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

I will not name the university with the most annoying recommendation-submission portal, but I can let you know they wanted me to check any boxes from a long list that might describe the student. Like “Go-getter” and “natural leader.” Where’s the box for “fuck you, read my letter”?

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Many of you surely know how to do this, but in case you don't: I just learned how to populate a List with all of my friends and pin it to my home page. Makes getting rid of FB a little easier. Now this place feels a little more familiar.

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Hey friends. A favor. @joshruben.bsky.social was one of the first people to put his name behind Bad Hand and he needs our help. The fire took his home. Let’s surround him with love and support. www.gofundme.com/f/show-love-...

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Doug Murano at Bad Hand Books is one of the best people and editors in the biz, and his success with an indie press he willed and sweated into existence is incredibly cool and heartening. Buy Band Hand titles!

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

We're on track to hit 40K total books sold by March of this year. We launched in mid-2022. Distribution to bookstores and libraries starts this year. Giddy up.

submitted 55 days ago • 8 comments

Reminder: Big news will drop this Tuesday.

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

My kingdom for an edit button!

submitted 55 days ago • 12 comments

I archived my Facebook account and scheduled it for deletion. I feel surprisingly emotional about it? But maybe like an addict who just dumped all his booze down the sink? I don't know. It was a hellscape but I put in a lot of time there. RIP, I guess.

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In 2018, Bad Hand Books was a joke I told myself after I was laid off. I said if I ever had the chance, I’d take my bad hand and own it. After coverage in NY Times, Esquire, NPR, Paste, the Associated Press and a Shirley Jackson Award, and now an international distribution deal, I’m still laughing.

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Someone on Reddit posted this and it's the simple stupid laugh I needed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9nv...

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RIP to Jimmy Carter, one of the most decent people ever to hold office in this country.

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Check out this awesome story by UNR MFA student Drew Willis!

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So pleased to welcome Dr. Afsheen Farhadi to the creative writing faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno. He'll be joining us in fall 2025! afsheenfarhadi.com

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My story "Souvlaki," published in New Letters this fall, can be read here. It's a tight 3k words about winter, grief, and food-delivery anxiety. Check it out: www.newletters.org/souvlaki-by-...

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Yesterday I met a very very old cat who likes to gaze at the fire for hours on end.

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"One of my teachers at Columbia was Joseph Brodsky...and he said 'look,' he said, 'you Americans, you are so naïve. You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.'"

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Seems like overnight the idiom "set foot" has shifted into "stepped foot." I see it everywhere now.

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