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Drew Broussard
@drewsof.bsky.social
2.3K followers 780 following 3K posts
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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
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drewsof.bsky.social
"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)
hels.bsky.social Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 7h
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
drewsof.bsky.social
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
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megireid.bsky.social
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
drewsof.bsky.social
The Rockwell painting, you know the one, from the Four Freedoms, with the blue-collar guy standing up in his dusty work jacket with suited guys looking up at him as he proudly starts to speak his mind
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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jamesfolta.com
Ranking all my friends on the Murray’s Cheese alignment chart
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
drewsof.bsky.social
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...
A sign paperclipped to a Rough Draft tote bag (washable-brown-paper, looks kinda like leather but isn't, with festive tissue paper sticking out) The sign says HOLIDAY BOOK BAGS A personally curated bag of books from Drew and the books team! Perfect for the reader(s) in your life this holiday season! 3 hardcover books - $120 3 paperback books - $75 kids bag (3-5 books) - $75 ask the books desk for more details! in-person curation takes ~30mins and is subject to availability orders can be placed online with survey for in-store pick-up ONLY (but as I said, if you want something and you aren't local, reach out and we'll see what we can do)
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
drewsof.bsky.social
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
drewsof.bsky.social
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
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hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
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.
thierryaaron.bsky.social Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 5d
'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 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
drewsof.bsky.social
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
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
Gods below & above, do we feel seen by this passage or what🖤☠️
"In terms of what they publish, small presses see within the wider publishing landscape market-led tendencies towards sameness and repetition, tendencies that they counter through the production of a diverse and imaginative literature. They are vital for the literary ecosystem in that they take risks on books that larger publishers would not; champion genre-bending and innovative forms of writing; pour time and energy into supporting emerging and overlooked writers; are dedicated to publishing books in translation; and tend to publish far more writers from minoritised backgrounds due to their networks, openness to writers from non-traditional literary pathways, and submissions processes. They are also dedicated to expanding the boundaries of the visual form of books through original approaches to design, layout and printing – despite the costs of complex typesetting. Small-press publishers do all of this on extremely limited budgets, often without adequate pay themselves – and, in many instances, any pay at all. At the same time, their books are held to industry standard and compete with titles produced by big publishers: nominated for the same prizes, sold in the same bookshops and reviewed in the same publications. In sum, they are doing the same work as big publishers, only much more of it and for far less reward. Why?"
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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lucymercer.bsky.social
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...
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
drewsof.bsky.social
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.
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
drewsof.bsky.social
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...
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…
lithub.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
drewsof.bsky.social
what on earth
rollingstone.com Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5d
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.
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
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
🔥 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...
Cover art, a swan alights on a cosmic celestial sea, the sky in the colors of the trans rights flag
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Anyway, it's not a joke and his shock troops are at the ready.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
drewsof.bsky.social
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…
lithub.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
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
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samthielman.com
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
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hildur.bsky.social
Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
Screenshot of Microsoft asking for feedback on Word where I wrote: One of the worst times I had this year was spending DAYS trying to turn off that horrible, awful AI, copilot. I am a writer, I have spent years honing my craft, and it is frankly offensive to offer to rewrite what I just wrote with a stupid machine. I almost stopped using Word until I FINALLY found a way to turn it off. I don't want to use AI and you still keep trying to ram it down my throat and I hate it.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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scalzi.com
What the actual fuck, Apple
jillmurray.bsky.social Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 6d
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.)
A Facebook post from Scrivener: "Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you're on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. Here's why, and what you can do if you want to remove this" attention-grabbing graphic says "SCRIVENER AND AI: WHY DO I SEE AI PROMPTS IN MY SCRIVENER PROJECTS ON MAC?"
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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jamellebouie.net
desperately wish i had come up with it
theophite.bsky.social rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 6d
calling TCW "wa-luigi coates" is... god.
benverschoor.bsky.social Ben "Jammin'" Verschoor @benverschoor.bsky.social · 7d
Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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asherelbein.bsky.social
I cosign every single word of this

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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diabolicalplots.com
Great writing tip.
But this is also just a great tip for life in general IMO.
Surround yourself with people who know all kinds of random things and will enthusiastically tell you about them.
That is the good stuff!
alixeharrow.bsky.social alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 8d
my number one most serious writing tip is to make cool friends. in the last year I've needed to know about blacksmithing, neo-medievalism in the american empire, and mid-century lesbian pulp publishing and each time I've been able to just. call a guy.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM