Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Kevin Maloney

Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 2d

They settled on 2,500 words b/c we read @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social's story "Ghost" and they decided that was a length they liked--"kinda long, but without feeling long," so someone copy/pasted the text into Word to get an exact count, then rounded up. Editing!

Ghost by Kevin Maloney

originally published by Hobart, October 2014 re-animated by HAD, October 2021 Two days before Halloween I caught my wife having sex with my best friend Dave in a position we’d never trie...

www.havehashad.com

1 3 10

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 10d

🚨🚨🚨NEW POOL PARTY POEM ALERT🚨🚨🚨

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · 10d

"...mysterious
like someone on an app
inviting you to meet
to drown
in their self-regard."

Check out this amazing poem "He’s as deep as The Mariana Trench (when it writes poetry)" from @ewenglass.bsky.social & come back tomorrow for another banger 🔥🔥🔥

Two Poems by Ewan Glass

He’s all about that darknessand what we still don’t know,mysterious

poolpartymag.com

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 13d

Is this ANTIFA?

4

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 13d

War Report #3: the Horrors of Powell’s Books #ThePortlandWars2025

1

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 13d

Shit. But I go to bed at 10:30pm

1 1

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 13d

MORE LIVE FOOTAGE FROM WAR RAVAGED PORTLAND!!!

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 13d

LIVE FOOTAGE FROM WAR RAVAGED PORTLAND!!!

3 1 12

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 13d

UPDATE: my wife is going to an art event where they make puppets and perform a puppet skit for families. Will let you know if a war breaks out or if anything ends up ravaged. #Portland #ThePortlandWars2025

3

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 13d

Drinking a margarita at a food cart pod, surrounded by parents and young children in war ravaged Portland. Highly recommend the lamb shawarma. Haven’t found the war or anything ravaged yet, but I’ll keep looking.

2 2 14

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 15d

Don’t know either of these writers. Thanks for the recs!

1

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 15d

Is contemporary literary criticism a thing? If so, who is doing it well? As in… is there a book I can buy that was written in the last ten years that is an important work of literary criticism? Not trying to make a point… genuinely curious and looking for suggestions.

1 1

Reposted by Kevin Maloney

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 22d

Sometimes you read a first line and you're like... oh fuck this is going to be good. Casey Jo Graham Welmers' essay "Conjuring a Life" delivers and then some. Sooooooooo good. Up today at @poolpartymag.com 🔥

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · 22d

"Maybe when kids like Jessie & John grew up they wanted to be firefighters or teachers or someone that excavates dinosaurs, but you never really knew what you wanted to be because you always had this inexplicable notion you’d be dead."

Check out Casey Jo Graham Welmers's 🔥 essay "Conjuring a Life"

Conjuring a Life by Casey Jo Graham Welmers

Maybe when kids like Jessie and John grew up they wanted to be firefighters or teachers or someone that excavates dinosaurs, but you never really knew what you wanted to be because you always had this...

poolpartymag.com

2 1

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · 22d

Sometimes you read a first line and you're like... oh fuck this is going to be good. Casey Jo Graham Welmers' essay "Conjuring a Life" delivers and then some. Sooooooooo good. Up today at @poolpartymag.com 🔥

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · 22d

"Maybe when kids like Jessie & John grew up they wanted to be firefighters or teachers or someone that excavates dinosaurs, but you never really knew what you wanted to be because you always had this inexplicable notion you’d be dead."

Check out Casey Jo Graham Welmers's 🔥 essay "Conjuring a Life"

Conjuring a Life by Casey Jo Graham Welmers

Maybe when kids like Jessie and John grew up they wanted to be firefighters or teachers or someone that excavates dinosaurs, but you never really knew what you wanted to be because you always had this...

poolpartymag.com

2 1

Reposted by Kevin Maloney

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Sep 10

📚📚 WHY POOL PARTY BOOKS??? 📚📚

• Ryan-Ashley’s 15 yrs as a creative director w/ publicity experience = thoughtful & marketable promo materials, a strong promo plan & gorgeous art
• Kevin’s experience as an author w/ 3 book pubs means you’re working w/ someone who understands the process soup-to-nuts

1 2 9

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Sep 10

Going to see the Flaming Lips tonight. Last time I saw them play live was... *checks notes*... 32 years ago 😳

1 8

Reposted by Kevin Maloney

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Sep 9

📚📚 ANNOUNCING: POOL PARTY BOOKS!!! 📚📚

Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025. Visit our website for details 🔥

Pool Party - Book Submissions

Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025.

poolpartymag.com

8 14

Reposted by Kevin Maloney

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Sep 9

👀

1 4

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hey all! Pool Party #3 is TOMORROW! We still have a few tickets left!! Weather looks good! If you already have tickets, invite a friend. If you haven't bought your ticket yet, get on it now!

www.eventbrite.com/e/pool-party...

Pool Party Presents! Luxury Time, a Reading (at a pool!!)

Let’s go swimming! Join Brian Stephen Ellis, Laura Gibson, Lydia-Mae, & Justin Taylor for a poolside reading with hot dogs and dranks!

www.eventbrite.com

1 1

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Sep 2

Damn this book is so good. Highly recommend 🔥

4

Reposted by Kevin Maloney

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Aug 28

Um. Everybody... stop what you're doing and check out @mmkaufman.bsky.social's new banger "PLATEAUED"... up today at @poolpartymag.com 🔥🔥🔥

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Aug 28

"Her breath caught in her chest and wouldn’t release. She hadn’t taken an edible, but this felt like a terrible trip."

We're soooooo excited to publish the story "Plateaued" by one of our favorite writers in the world, the carwash queen
@mm_kaufman 🔥

poolpartymag.com/plateaued/

Plateaued by M.M. Kaufman

Cooper and CeCe were sitting in the backyard watching their respective daughters, Lily and Anya, play at the bottom of the sloping hill. They sat in Adirondack chairs while their Aperol spritzes colle...

poolpartymag.com

3 5

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Even their lingerie looks limp after a call with you and, well, in our world, limp is bad for business."

My wife @femmeintheory.bsky.social is so insanely talented. Check out her new piece "DEAR CALLER" about men who are bad at phone sex. Up today at @rejectionlit.bsky.social

Dear Caller (Ryan-Ashley (Anderson) Maloney)

Dear Caller, Allow me to quickly thank you, on behalf of all the team members here at Hidden Agenda, for the piles of money you have spent over the years on cam girl sessions through our platform. …

rejection-letters.com

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Aug 28

Um. Everybody... stop what you're doing and check out @mmkaufman.bsky.social's new banger "PLATEAUED"... up today at @poolpartymag.com 🔥🔥🔥

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Aug 28

"Her breath caught in her chest and wouldn’t release. She hadn’t taken an edible, but this felt like a terrible trip."

We're soooooo excited to publish the story "Plateaued" by one of our favorite writers in the world, the carwash queen
@mm_kaufman 🔥

poolpartymag.com/plateaued/

Plateaued by M.M. Kaufman

Cooper and CeCe were sitting in the backyard watching their respective daughters, Lily and Anya, play at the bottom of the sloping hill. They sat in Adirondack chairs while their Aperol spritzes colle...

poolpartymag.com

3 5

Reposted by Kevin Maloney

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Aug 21

One of my fav things about Pool Party is how it pairs the 🔥 writing happening in indie lit w/ interviews & reviews about incredible work happening in other disciplines. Today, we're publishing @femmeintheory.bsky.social's interview w/ performance artist Autumn Knight, where Autumn turns...

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Aug 21

"My favorite thing about performance is its liveness. Its ephemerality."

Check out this 🔥 interview between @femmeintheory.bsky.social and multidisciplinary artist Autumn Knight where they discuss group dynamics, being present, & the intimacy of being fed. 🍒👄

poolpartymag.com/group-dynami...

Group dynamics, intimacy between strangers, and rehearsing for loss: A review and conversation between Autumn Joi Knight and Ryan-Ashley Anderson Maloney

A note: I began working on this interview and writeup in the fall of 2024. By the new year, I had gathered all the information and data I needed to move forward. Unfortunately, my momentum was thwarte...

poolpartymag.com

1 2 4

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Aug 21

...the interview around & asks @femmeintheory.bsky.social what it was like to have a stranger feed her fruit 🍊 on stage in front of a live audience, including me, her then fairly new boyfriend 👀

3

Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Aug 21

One of my fav things about Pool Party is how it pairs the 🔥 writing happening in indie lit w/ interviews & reviews about incredible work happening in other disciplines. Today, we're publishing @femmeintheory.bsky.social's interview w/ performance artist Autumn Knight, where Autumn turns...

Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Aug 21

"My favorite thing about performance is its liveness. Its ephemerality."

Check out this 🔥 interview between @femmeintheory.bsky.social and multidisciplinary artist Autumn Knight where they discuss group dynamics, being present, & the intimacy of being fed. 🍒👄

poolpartymag.com/group-dynami...

Group dynamics, intimacy between strangers, and rehearsing for loss: A review and conversation between Autumn Joi Knight and Ryan-Ashley Anderson Maloney

A note: I began working on this interview and writeup in the fall of 2024. By the new year, I had gathered all the information and data I needed to move forward. Unfortunately, my momentum was thwarte...

poolpartymag.com

1 2 4