Michael Schaub
@michaelschaub.bsky.social
Journalist, @bookcritics.bsky.social board member, anxiety guy. [email protected].
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Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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I wrote about Dan
open.substack.com/pub/tommcall...
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Goodbye to Dan McQuade
The absolute Best of Philly
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January 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I wrote about Dan
open.substack.com/pub/tommcall...
open.substack.com/pub/tommcall...
It's more than 125 years old, it had to have lost a ton of its potency by now
January 29, 2026 at 8:49 PM
It's more than 125 years old, it had to have lost a ton of its potency by now
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Moby Dick (2026)
"Call me Ishmael," I smile.
"Okay," Queequeg frowns.
"Anyways," I get up from my chair and move to the window, "being highkey broke and lowkey bored, I got sailpilled."
Queequeg moves behind me, "Where did you go?"
I smirk, "The watery part of the world."
"Call me Ishmael," I smile.
"Okay," Queequeg frowns.
"Anyways," I get up from my chair and move to the window, "being highkey broke and lowkey bored, I got sailpilled."
Queequeg moves behind me, "Where did you go?"
I smirk, "The watery part of the world."
January 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Moby Dick (2026)
"Call me Ishmael," I smile.
"Okay," Queequeg frowns.
"Anyways," I get up from my chair and move to the window, "being highkey broke and lowkey bored, I got sailpilled."
Queequeg moves behind me, "Where did you go?"
I smirk, "The watery part of the world."
"Call me Ishmael," I smile.
"Okay," Queequeg frowns.
"Anyways," I get up from my chair and move to the window, "being highkey broke and lowkey bored, I got sailpilled."
Queequeg moves behind me, "Where did you go?"
I smirk, "The watery part of the world."
This is such a fascinating, beautifully written essay
I wrote about the political left and right, and why class analysis falls short of explaining how they operate. aeon.co/essays/why-h...
Why Hume is better at explaining modern capitalism than Marx | Aeon Essays
In 1752, David Hume discerned that wealth was becoming untethered from land. Here lies the origin of our political divisions
aeon.co
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This is such a fascinating, beautifully written essay
I was honored to join my friends Tom Beer and Megan Labrise to talk about 2025 in books for Kirkus Reviews' Fully Booked podcast: www.kirkusreviews.com/podcast/2025...
Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction | Kirkus Reviews
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January 3, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I was honored to join my friends Tom Beer and Megan Labrise to talk about 2025 in books for Kirkus Reviews' Fully Booked podcast: www.kirkusreviews.com/podcast/2025...
Almost forgot to post my favorite indie-pop Christmas song. Happy holidays! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0P...
Secret Santa (You Could Be The One)
YouTube video by Six Cents and Natalie - Topic
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December 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Almost forgot to post my favorite indie-pop Christmas song. Happy holidays! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0P...
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the meet-cute of DREAMS
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
the meet-cute of DREAMS
I wrote about my favorite book news of 2025 for Kirkus Reviews, including Colleen Hoover's "Reminders of Forgetting to Remember That It Ended With Them," which does not technically exist. Also, MrBeast makes an appearance because nothing matters anymore: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
Year in Review: Our Favorite Book News of 2025 | Kirkus Reviews
In a year full of distressing news stories, these weird dispatches from the literary world kept us entertained.
www.kirkusreviews.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I wrote about my favorite book news of 2025 for Kirkus Reviews, including Colleen Hoover's "Reminders of Forgetting to Remember That It Ended With Them," which does not technically exist. Also, MrBeast makes an appearance because nothing matters anymore: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
Oddly, everything I need to know I learned from a restroom, not Roald Dahl
December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Oddly, everything I need to know I learned from a restroom, not Roald Dahl
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me, as a child: *walks into the kitchen covered in my own blood holding a rabbit I fought from a hawk*
my mom, on the phone: *mouthing* I’m on the phone
my mom, on the phone: *mouthing* I’m on the phone
May 3, 2023 at 11:55 AM
me, as a child: *walks into the kitchen covered in my own blood holding a rabbit I fought from a hawk*
my mom, on the phone: *mouthing* I’m on the phone
my mom, on the phone: *mouthing* I’m on the phone
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A terrific experience to chair the @bookcritics.bsky.social nonfiction committee, with the amazing @gwinnma.bsky.social, @michaelschaub.bsky.social, Jacob Appel, Colette Bancroft, Iris Dunkle, Jonathan Leal. Congrats to all longlisted authors and all writers whose work we read during the last year!
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Nonfiction
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A terrific experience to chair the @bookcritics.bsky.social nonfiction committee, with the amazing @gwinnma.bsky.social, @michaelschaub.bsky.social, Jacob Appel, Colette Bancroft, Iris Dunkle, Jonathan Leal. Congrats to all longlisted authors and all writers whose work we read during the last year!
The pride of Texas. Rest in peace, Joe Ely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOH...
Joe Ely - All Just To Get To You - Music Video 1997
YouTube video by Dan Powers
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December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The pride of Texas. Rest in peace, Joe Ely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOH...
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Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
Excited to continue serving on the NBCC board with a bunch of incredible people!
Honored to be re-elected to the @bookcritics.bsky.social board for a 2nd term. Congrats to my fellow re-elected colleagues @michaelschaub.bsky.social, @davidwoo.bsky.social, + @jhowardrosier.bsky.social! Welcome and congratulations to Joanna Biggs, Anahid Nersessian, Zoe Hu, + Craig Morgan Teicher!
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Excited to continue serving on the NBCC board with a bunch of incredible people!
This person’s name sounds like a really drunk person trying to remember who wrote “Song of Solomon”
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This person’s name sounds like a really drunk person trying to remember who wrote “Song of Solomon”
"He will command his angels in front of you / There was this one time Steve Cropper played with Lou" www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoB...
Steve Cropper Plays Femme Fatale
YouTube video by The Paranoid Style - Topic
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December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"He will command his angels in front of you / There was this one time Steve Cropper played with Lou" www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoB...
Rest in peace to one of the greatest guitarists in history: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84
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December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Rest in peace to one of the greatest guitarists in history: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/a...
NPR's Books We Love is here! This year, I had the honor of writing about books by Claire Jia, Andrew Porter, Davey Davis, Leni Zumas, Paula Bomer, Joan Silber, Travis Mulhauser, Corinna Vallianatos, Dean Van Nguyen, Jeremy Atherton Lin, and Lucas Schaefer: apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NPR's Books We Love is here! This year, I had the honor of writing about books by Claire Jia, Andrew Porter, Davey Davis, Leni Zumas, Paula Bomer, Joan Silber, Travis Mulhauser, Corinna Vallianatos, Dean Van Nguyen, Jeremy Atherton Lin, and Lucas Schaefer: apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
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The literary establishment: "Hey, what's your new book prize called?"
Me, having not thought about it until now: "The Book... er?"
Me, having not thought about it until now: "The Book... er?"
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The literary establishment: "Hey, what's your new book prize called?"
Me, having not thought about it until now: "The Book... er?"
Me, having not thought about it until now: "The Book... er?"
Todd Snider was one of the smartest, funniest singer-songwriters in Americana. Heartbroken that he's gone, far too young: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Todd Snider, Rambling Troubadour Who Helped Shape Alt-Country and Americana, Dead at 59
Todd Snider, the rambling troubadour who helped shape the Americana music movement, has died at 59.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Todd Snider was one of the smartest, funniest singer-songwriters in Americana. Heartbroken that he's gone, far too young: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
I thought all pitchers threw balls on purpose
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I thought all pitchers threw balls on purpose