Lucas Schaefer
@lucaseschaefer.bsky.social
Debut novel THE SLIP out now from Simon & Schuster
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Hugely honored to see THE SLIP win the 2025 Kirkus Prize in fiction. Thank you, Kirkus!
Thanks @nytimes.com for naming THE SLIP one of their 100 notable books of 2025. A fun aspect of promoting this book has been meeting other writers hawking their wares across the country, and it’s great to see many of them here too.
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thanks @nytimes.com for naming THE SLIP one of their 100 notable books of 2025. A fun aspect of promoting this book has been meeting other writers hawking their wares across the country, and it’s great to see many of them here too.
Great to see THE SLIP on @npr.org 2025 Books We Love alongside so many books I love. Thanks NPR and to the public radio stations that have featured THE SLIP: @kutnews.bsky.social, @nhpr.org & @texaspublicradio.bsky.social! 🥊
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Great to see THE SLIP on @npr.org 2025 Books We Love alongside so many books I love. Thanks NPR and to the public radio stations that have featured THE SLIP: @kutnews.bsky.social, @nhpr.org & @texaspublicradio.bsky.social! 🥊
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Growing up my friend lived on the same street as Wozniak and on Halloween he gave out full bars and we stanned for him then and we stan for him now.
Silicon Valley picked the wrong Steve to lionize.
Silicon Valley picked the wrong Steve to lionize.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Growing up my friend lived on the same street as Wozniak and on Halloween he gave out full bars and we stanned for him then and we stan for him now.
Silicon Valley picked the wrong Steve to lionize.
Silicon Valley picked the wrong Steve to lionize.
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Our selections for the 10 best books of 2025. Gift link: wapo.st/487XY8Z
The 10 best books of 2025
The year’s best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our selections for the 10 best books of 2025. Gift link: wapo.st/487XY8Z
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Happy to see @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social’s novel THE SLIP on here! A thoroughly brilliant book.
Our selections for the 10 best books of 2025. Gift link: wapo.st/487XY8Z
The 10 best books of 2025
The year’s best fiction and nonfiction, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Happy to see @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social’s novel THE SLIP on here! A thoroughly brilliant book.
THE SLIP is one of @washingtonpost.com’s 10 books of the year. Grateful for this distinction and thrilled to be listed alongside these A+ writers. 🥊
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
THE SLIP is one of @washingtonpost.com’s 10 books of the year. Grateful for this distinction and thrilled to be listed alongside these A+ writers. 🥊
Tonight!
November Third Thursday: “First, Second, and Third: Points of View”
For our November Third Thursday, join us for a conversation about the difficulties, opportunities, and artistry behind choosing a narrative point of view. By choosing the point of view you are writ…
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November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Tonight!
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one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
Trump's corrupt scheme to rig 2026 is suddenly falling apart:
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It
As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
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Trust us (and the Kirkus Prize) on this one...
Order your signed copy here: bookpeople.com/book/9781668...
Order your signed copy here: bookpeople.com/book/9781668...
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trust us (and the Kirkus Prize) on this one...
Order your signed copy here: bookpeople.com/book/9781668...
Order your signed copy here: bookpeople.com/book/9781668...
Thanks @debutiful.bsky.social! “Crime, sports, and coming-of-age have never felt so alive in book.” 🥊🙏
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thanks @debutiful.bsky.social! “Crime, sports, and coming-of-age have never felt so alive in book.” 🥊🙏
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Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
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Are you looking for a good weekend read?
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@lucaseschaefer.bsky.social
Check out these excellent titles. Explore and learn something new. Support #lgbt books. ❤️📚🏳️🌈 #writingcommunity #writerslift #writers #lgbt #queer #readmorebooks #bluesky #Booksky #booklovers Brian Schaffer Brandon Taylor
@lucaseschaefer.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Are you looking for a good weekend read?
Check out these excellent titles. Explore and learn something new. Support #lgbt books. ❤️📚🏳️🌈 #writingcommunity #writerslift #writers #lgbt #queer #readmorebooks #bluesky #Booksky #booklovers Brian Schaffer Brandon Taylor
@lucaseschaefer.bsky.social
Check out these excellent titles. Explore and learn something new. Support #lgbt books. ❤️📚🏳️🌈 #writingcommunity #writerslift #writers #lgbt #queer #readmorebooks #bluesky #Booksky #booklovers Brian Schaffer Brandon Taylor
@lucaseschaefer.bsky.social
Attn holiday shoppers and fiction enthusiasts! New signed stack of THE SLIP at @bookpeople.com!
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Attn holiday shoppers and fiction enthusiasts! New signed stack of THE SLIP at @bookpeople.com!
If you’re a “centrist” who is constantly criticizing those to your left trying to fix the country in ways you disagree with but never say anything about the white supremacists and fascists trying to destroy it, maybe you’re not in the “center” after all!
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you’re a “centrist” who is constantly criticizing those to your left trying to fix the country in ways you disagree with but never say anything about the white supremacists and fascists trying to destroy it, maybe you’re not in the “center” after all!
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No one demanded the market distorting effects of personalist dictatorship more than capital, they should be happy with their choice. bsky.app/profile/carl...
YELLEN: “.. businesses feel paralyzed by the uncertainty about policies that represent the strong but really personal whims of a single individual.”
@bloomberg.com
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November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
No one demanded the market distorting effects of personalist dictatorship more than capital, they should be happy with their choice. bsky.app/profile/carl...
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Texas A&M is no longer a "university". It's a Vacation Bible School with a football team and parking problems.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Texas A&M is no longer a "university". It's a Vacation Bible School with a football team and parking problems.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
Some things are worth the wait. Happy to see THE SLIP is a @nytimes.com Editors’ Choice this week 🥊🙏
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Some things are worth the wait. Happy to see THE SLIP is a @nytimes.com Editors’ Choice this week 🥊🙏
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This book rules and you should read it
In @nytimes.com, Anthony Marra calls THE SLIP “immensely rewarding” and says “you’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year.” 🙏🥊
A Cold Case and a Bold New Voice Fuel This Potent Novel
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This book rules and you should read it
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In @nytimes.com, Anthony Marra calls THE SLIP “immensely rewarding” and says “you’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year.” 🙏🥊
A Cold Case and a Bold New Voice Fuel This Potent Novel
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In @nytimes.com, Anthony Marra calls THE SLIP “immensely rewarding” and says “you’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year.” 🙏🥊
In @nytimes.com, Anthony Marra calls THE SLIP “immensely rewarding” and says “you’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year.” 🙏🥊
A Cold Case and a Bold New Voice Fuel This Potent Novel
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In @nytimes.com, Anthony Marra calls THE SLIP “immensely rewarding” and says “you’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year.” 🙏🥊
Love this, thank you @maris.bsky.social! “… THE SLIP is proof that a sprawling, multi-perspective Great American novel can still happen in the year 2025.” 🥊🙏
For my newsletter I wrote about how much I enjoyed my time with @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social and @lauriewoolever.bsky.social this week. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
The Maris Review, vol 80
It's a short one this week because my flight back to NYC was canceled yesterday. After a night in an airport hotel, I'm just relieved to have something to sound out at all. I am furious that I was inc...
www.themarisreview.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Love this, thank you @maris.bsky.social! “… THE SLIP is proof that a sprawling, multi-perspective Great American novel can still happen in the year 2025.” 🥊🙏
Too many of these politicians seem to think being friends with their colleagues regardless of party is more important than policy. Maybe we need to elect people who have friends going in.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Too many of these politicians seem to think being friends with their colleagues regardless of party is more important than policy. Maybe we need to elect people who have friends going in.
We need to return to the idea that the buck stops with our leaders. The fish rots from the head. Can’t wait to be done with this insufferable loser.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We need to return to the idea that the buck stops with our leaders. The fish rots from the head. Can’t wait to be done with this insufferable loser.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything