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David Wesley Williams

@davidwwilliams.bsky.social

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Southern fiction writer out of Memphis. Novels COME AGAIN NO MORE (2025) and EVERYBODY KNOWS (2023), both JackLeg Press. Stories in Oxford American, Kenyon Review Online, and elsewhere. Fan of greyhounds, bourbon, coffee, jazz, typewriters.

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · 12d

Barb, aka @greyhoundfanatic.bsky.social, off to her volunteer gig at the Memphis Public Library used-book store. #readbannedbooks

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · 26d

8th best album of 1978. #pereubu #themoderndance

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Sep 15

Love that picture!

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Sep 15

Thanks so much!

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Sep 15

RIP to our fifth and final greyhound, the singular Hunter. #greyhound
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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hunter says good night, all. #greyhound

David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sunday breakfast. #homeofthehams

David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 13

That dog Hunter. #greyhound

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 12

In this week's Substack, those old devil blues... #deltablues #robertjohnson #mississippidelta #skipjames #charleypatton #southernlit 📚

Me and the devil

For Robert Johnson and them

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 7

A video for my forthcoming novel from @jacklegpress.bsky.social, available for preorder (signed copy! $18 paperback!) from Burke's Book Store in advance of Nov. 10 publication: www.burkesbooks.com/pages/books/... #southernfiction #books 📚 #newspapers #southernlit #burkesbookstore

Ah, ink: from COME AGAIN NO MORE (JackLeg Press), a novel by David Wesley Williams

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 5

Good dog, mostly. Interesting, always. #greyhound

David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 3

Still running at 12 1/2. #greyhound

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hunter the greyhound in his weird glory. #greyhound

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 29

Today on Substack: That time John Prine made a record with Sam Phillips' sons (with a little help from Sam) in Memphis. Some critics didn't get it. It was a sublime ruckus and still is. Read, share, subscribe (it's free!) #johnprine #memphis #samphillips #pinkcadillac

Bluff City Ruckus: John Prine in Memphis, 1979

A folkie’s wild ride with Sam Phillips & Sons in a pink Cadillac

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hunter at night. #greyhound

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 27

Still life with napping greyhound and snack dish. #greyhound

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 22

This week's Substack: Robert Johnson at the polo grounds. Robert Johnson, polka hound. Robert Johnson, blue yodeler. Oh, and Robert Johnson, Delta blues singer. Read, share, subscribe -- it's free! #robertjohnson #mississippidelta #mississippideltablues #blues #crossroads

Robert Johnson at the polo grounds

The devil, the Delta, and Dixie Peach pomade

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 21

Catfish vs. greyhound. Catfish by a whisker or greyhound by a nose? It's the greyhound! #newsport #greyhoundsmakegreatracers #greyhound

David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 19

My copies of COME AGAIN NO MORE, my newspaper novel from @jacklegpress.bsky.social, have arrived. You can preorder in advance of Nov. 10 publication. bookshop.org/p/books/come... #preordernovel #southernlit #📚

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 15

Excerpt from COME AGAIN NO MORE, my newspaper novel from @jacklegpress.bsky.social. Available for preorder in advance of Nov. 10 publication. #fiction #fictionbooks #fictionwriter #novel #southernwriter #jacklegpress #newspapers #southernlit #southernfiction #burkesbookstore #preordernovel 📚

Ode to a desk rat: an excerpt from my newspaper novel COME AGAIN NO MORE

A tip of the newsboy cap to one of the fictional fallen

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 8

I wrote an essay about pitching literary fiction in an age when the average book in this country sells 100 copies, across all size presses. #books #SupportIndieBookstores #bookpreorder #southernliterature #southernlit #newspaper #jacklegpress #burkesbookstore #bookrecommendations #booklovers 📚

Cold beer here

Or: How to pitch literary fiction in a world where the average book sells 100 copies

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 7

A quick video nod to my next novel, available for preorder (signed copy! $18 paperback!) from Burke's Book Store in advance of Nov. 10 publication: www.burkesbooks.com/pages/books/...
#bookpreorder #southernliterature #southernlit #newspaper #memphis #jacklegpress #burkesbookstore #books

Cheers: from COME AGAIN NO MORE (JackLeg Press), a novel by David Wesley Williams

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David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 6

"Some Girls," orange vinyl from Holland, 1978.

David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 5

Now reading: "The Hangman's Children," Donald Hays. A comic novel of American tumult, set in 1968, that has something to say about these times, too. #donaldhays

David Wesley Williams @davidwwilliams.bsky.social · Jul 5

Current favorite album. Also, best cover. #sggoodman #plantingbythesigns #snappingturtle #kentucky #albumoftheyear2025 #vinyl