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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Sep 2

My chapbook of poems is out with Bottlecap Press. It’s about falling in love, simping, swooning, 🔥 in your DMs, and dating, with a lot of TV, Girls, and many deep cuts. I’m excited/terrified to be putting this out there, and you can preorder it here bottlecap.press/products/bot...

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Lucas Schaefer @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social · Jul 17

Loved talking to @michaelcolbert.bsky.social for his Referential Substack about being married to a writer, throwing characters from THE SLIP into other work, and my lifelong main character energy. Hope you’ll check it out!

I'm going to be the star of the show

Book Talk with Lucas Schaefer: The Slip, MFA vs. Austin, writer marriages

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Print: A Bookstore @printbookstore.bsky.social · Jun 2

Please join us in welcoming Phil Melanson to present FLORENZER with @michaelcolbert.bsky.social on
Tuesday, June 17 at 7pm at Print!

The center of the graphic is the cover of FLORENZER (which features a renaissance painting of a man with a tasteful phallic dome hiding his genitals) and the information from the post in boxes on the sides of the cover.

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Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · May 21

Sometimes I do feel like messaging is a lot simpler than people make it out to be.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 21

McGovern: "You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht. I guess he's getting a good return on his campaign donations ... this is not policy. This is theft."

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · May 18

Where is everyone submitting work these days? I feel out of touch since twitter ended

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · May 9

is "moving you to bcc to spare your inbox" secure attachment

Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Apr 23

Can I pitch a novel as Fates and Furies meets A&W?

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · Apr 22

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Apr 21

Open, Heaven came out last week, and to celebrate the release, Seán Hewitt shared with Referential his reading list of books that excavate memory in evocative ways referential.substack.com/p/remembered...

Remembered, Misremembered, Edited, Full of Gaps

Seán Hewitt's reading list on memory

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Apr 19

I have one and it’s on writing and building a creative life and career (and it’s gay!) referential.substack.com

Referential | Michael Colbert | Substack

Writers, artists, and other creatives chat about their work and artistic process. Click to read Referential, by Michael Colbert, a Substack publication.

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Apr 12

Sending love!

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Apr 10

I spoke with the one and only Elizabeth Kott about Too Niche, The Artist’s Way, and creative partnerships. Check out our chat here referential.substack.com/p/you-are-st...

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · Apr 9

me getting ready for the next great depression

kate from white lotus talking about beans & how much she loves them

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Mar 27

Nic Cage is very apt!

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Jeremy Steen @jgsteen.bsky.social · Mar 27

Essential reading from @michaelcolbert.bsky.social. Also the image he selected to go with it doesn't hurt.

Why TF should you keep writing?

Some reflections from the MWPA and the state of things

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Mar 27

Blair Witch actress doesn’t want people to get lost on the trails www.centralmaine.com/2025/03/25/f...

Freedom selectwoman faces recall over town road dispute

Residents have filed a petition to remove Heather Donahue, one of the town's three select board members, from office at a recall election scheduled for April 23.

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Mar 24

"An estimated 1,650,000 people could die within a year without American foreign aid for H.I.V. prevention and treatment."

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Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · Mar 24

i love having a heart but i’m not sure if my heart loves having me

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Mar 20

"In Denmark, good design and good architecture are seen as part of a broader concept of welfare—designed for people, and crucially, for all people."

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We're all like Mariah Carey

Inside the Danish Architecture Center: soft lighting, welfare state, So Danish!

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Old Man Duggan @oldmanduggan.bsky.social · Mar 18

Fun stuff with @jgsteen.bsky.social talking movies at Referential with @michaelcolbert.bsky.social.

Thanks for the @unkindrewindpod.bsky.social shoutout (everyone should listen to Jeremy’s eps where we talk Beastmaster.

David Lynch, goons, your favorite Letterboxd reviews

5 Oscars Things with Jeremy Steen

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Mar 18

Looking at my bookmarks on Twitter before deleting my account

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · Mar 13

The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Mar 15

Guys we literally had the DCOM movie Smart House for a reason

Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · Mar 15

I wish there were a social etiquette around these things. Guests should know if they’re in the presence of a listening device

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Mar 14

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Mar 5

For the properly acculturated, March means one thing: filet-o-fish season! I got to write about Bermuda's spin on fish sandwiches for Plate Magazine plateonline.com/food/bite-we...

This Bermudian Fish Sandwich Spotlights Its Star Ingredient—Raisin Bread

For the properly acculturated, March means one thing: filet-o-fish season. But while Catholics with a fear of God may sit at the center of the story behind McDonald’s iconic—if polarizing—sandwich (th...

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Michael Colbert @michaelcolbert.bsky.social · Mar 1

Does anyone else find it impossible to read these days

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