Drew Broussard
@drewsof.bsky.social
he/him
writer
bookstore manager, Rough Draft Bar & Books
podcasts editor at Literary Hub & host of The Lit Hub Podcast
head full of pumpkins
www.drewbroussard.com
writer
bookstore manager, Rough Draft Bar & Books
podcasts editor at Literary Hub & host of The Lit Hub Podcast
head full of pumpkins
www.drewbroussard.com
"It's like throwing a book at a ghost—you could damage the book, plus they just poof into smoke" is such a spectacularly good line in a sea of spectacularly good lines on the new Aesop Rock album
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"It's like throwing a book at a ghost—you could damage the book, plus they just poof into smoke" is such a spectacularly good line in a sea of spectacularly good lines on the new Aesop Rock album
I just finished a book, out in March, that I'm moderately sure contains the bones of a book that was supposed to come out at least six or seven years ago. (I think this is very cool but also what a curious thing! We shall see if I muster the courage to ask the author.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I just finished a book, out in March, that I'm moderately sure contains the bones of a book that was supposed to come out at least six or seven years ago. (I think this is very cool but also what a curious thing! We shall see if I muster the courage to ask the author.)
"all appetite, no apology" whewwww that's the good stuff (as is turkey stock, I make a huge batch every year after Thanksgiving and it fucking rips)
Proud to continue to contribute bangers to the genre of “here’s a few paragraphs of heavy overwrought personal essay, anyway here’s a soup recipe”
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"all appetite, no apology" whewwww that's the good stuff (as is turkey stock, I make a huge batch every year after Thanksgiving and it fucking rips)
funny to me that every year at the holidays PRH says "we're gonna get every bookstore their books in two business days" and then turnarounds immediately skyrocket and get *worse* than they were pre-holidays. really is the most wonderful time of the year.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
funny to me that every year at the holidays PRH says "we're gonna get every bookstore their books in two business days" and then turnarounds immediately skyrocket and get *worse* than they were pre-holidays. really is the most wonderful time of the year.
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Our books are inherently non-commercial, art objects. I talk about this a lot in bookshop circles but, people don't hesitate to support dance, visual art, and other modes of artistic expression that are totally nonprofit but culturally valued. Why do people not apply that to books and literature?
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Our books are inherently non-commercial, art objects. I talk about this a lot in bookshop circles but, people don't hesitate to support dance, visual art, and other modes of artistic expression that are totally nonprofit but culturally valued. Why do people not apply that to books and literature?
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Ranking all my friends on the Murray’s Cheese alignment chart
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ranking all my friends on the Murray’s Cheese alignment chart
Do you or does someone you love live in the mid-Hudson Valley and want books for the holidays? I'm doing a limited run of curated book bags for folks — 3 titles, either hc or pb, in a Rough Draft tote with a little swag on the side. roughdraftny.square.site/shop/holiday...
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Do you or does someone you love live in the mid-Hudson Valley and want books for the holidays? I'm doing a limited run of curated book bags for folks — 3 titles, either hc or pb, in a Rough Draft tote with a little swag on the side. roughdraftny.square.site/shop/holiday...
I think we moved on to the gross weird Washington sex stuff too fast, because I saw 2icked last night and would like to re-up the conversation about (among other things) Elphaba's sex sweater and why, again, this musical was split in two movies. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I think we moved on to the gross weird Washington sex stuff too fast, because I saw 2icked last night and would like to re-up the conversation about (among other things) Elphaba's sex sweater and why, again, this musical was split in two movies. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Kinda marveling, this morning: my old intern is on the BBC New Comedy Awards, a friend got a shout-out in a National Book Award acceptance speech, a musician I deeply admire says hi to me whenever I see them out in the world. I think I've done alright so far, in this life.
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Kinda marveling, this morning: my old intern is on the BBC New Comedy Awards, a friend got a shout-out in a National Book Award acceptance speech, a musician I deeply admire says hi to me whenever I see them out in the world. I think I've done alright so far, in this life.
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Planned migration away from unsustainable areas is the only rational government policy and it is grimly funny to think about how far the US’s politics are from being able to accomplish that.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Planned migration away from unsustainable areas is the only rational government policy and it is grimly funny to think about how far the US’s politics are from being able to accomplish that.
As we head into Holiday Shopping Season, a PSA from a bookseller: if you go to a bookstore and they are out of whatever specific title you're looking for... ask them for an alternate! Embrace surprise, and the knowledge of professionals! Definitely don't say "Guess I'll order on Amazon" and leave!
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
As we head into Holiday Shopping Season, a PSA from a bookseller: if you go to a bookstore and they are out of whatever specific title you're looking for... ask them for an alternate! Embrace surprise, and the knowledge of professionals! Definitely don't say "Guess I'll order on Amazon" and leave!
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Gods below & above, do we feel seen by this passage or what🖤☠️
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Gods below & above, do we feel seen by this passage or what🖤☠️
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
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Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Times being what they are, hard and getting harder all the time — support the stuff you love if, when, and while you can. This sucks, but here's hoping that at least The Deadlands can find its equilibrium and that growth can come again.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
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thank you very much
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thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Times being what they are, hard and getting harder all the time — support the stuff you love if, when, and while you can. This sucks, but here's hoping that at least The Deadlands can find its equilibrium and that growth can come again.
Pretty pleased with my Canva work this week. Also pretty pleased with the episode, which features some shit-shootin' with @jamesfolta.com and @trshboyoli.bsky.social about Twitter and one of the best conversations I've had all year, with Peter Coviello about the NYT:
lithub.com/giving-up-on...
lithub.com/giving-up-on...
Giving Up on The New York Times and Remembering Literary Twitter on The Lit Hub Podcast
A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Br…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pretty pleased with my Canva work this week. Also pretty pleased with the episode, which features some shit-shootin' with @jamesfolta.com and @trshboyoli.bsky.social about Twitter and one of the best conversations I've had all year, with Peter Coviello about the NYT:
lithub.com/giving-up-on...
lithub.com/giving-up-on...
what on earth
Fox announced a massive new podcast on the life of Jesus starring Kristen Bell as the voice of Mary Magdalene.
Bell was blindsided by the announcement saying she recorded the audio for a separate project 15 years ago.
Bell was blindsided by the announcement saying she recorded the audio for a separate project 15 years ago.
Kristen Bell Is the Star of a New Jesus Podcast From Fox. No One Told Her
Fox's new Jesus podcast features Kristen Bell as the voice of Mary Magdalene. Bell, however, recorded the audio 15 years ago for a different project.
rollingstone.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
what on earth
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🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
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Anyway, it's not a joke and his shock troops are at the ready.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Anyway, it's not a joke and his shock troops are at the ready.
got to briefly write about my favorite tweet of all time by one of the best to ever do it: lithub.com/our-favorite...
Our favorite Literary Twitter moments: Drew Broussard on “come over at do bring coke now”
Pulling together the 64 original Literary Twitter moments and incidents to create our winter game, What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket, required the vast institutional memory of the entire Lit H…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
got to briefly write about my favorite tweet of all time by one of the best to ever do it: lithub.com/our-favorite...
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the desire for Endless Franchise is sublimated hunger for God. if the franchise ends the hunger pricks, the dread tide ebbs. the standalone short story exists, in the franchise acolyte's imagination, like the grim reaper a the end of a dark dirt road
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
the desire for Endless Franchise is sublimated hunger for God. if the franchise ends the hunger pricks, the dread tide ebbs. the standalone short story exists, in the franchise acolyte's imagination, like the grim reaper a the end of a dark dirt road
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This made me laugh a lot.
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles’
WASHINGTON—Dismissing the swashbuckling sci-fi romp as “a total hoax” amid growing scrutiny over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump made remarks Tuesday denying that he had ...
theonion.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This made me laugh a lot.
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Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
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What the actual fuck, Apple
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What the actual fuck, Apple
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desperately wish i had come up with it
calling TCW "wa-luigi coates" is... god.
Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
desperately wish i had come up with it