I finally got a chance to write one of my dream assignments, an in depth evaluation of Daniel Day-Lewis, an actor whose achievements and methods cast a long shadow over the field, and whose work is often misunderstood.

slate.com/culture/2025...

if it is not glaringly obvious that these people are in chicago to manufacture violence

I’ve been offline the last week but I’m glad to hear people enjoyed a photograph somebody else took and shared, of my old idea that I had, for clout. I love that for them. Buy my album veryimportant.lawyer

westland service gas sign, drake, north dakota, 1987

Great books all around! Congratulations to @alexhigley.bsky.social and TRUE FAILURE!

thanks @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social! excited to see TRUE FAILURE shortlisted!

animal crackers for breakfast

viking sew and vac center, front, higgins avenue, missoula, montana, 1987

Advance praise for my collection of short stories THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS (out 11.18 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) from @alexhigley.bsky.social

davidson building, ellensburg, washington, 1987

SHAGGY: like zoinks, scoob, what're you reading?
SCOOBY: *halfway through underworld* ron rerillo eeheehee

Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.

thank you!

I'm convinced that I've just read the best novel of 2025 and it should come as no surprise that @alexhigley.bsky.social wrote it

storybook land park, aberdeen, south dakota, 1987

iced americano at the indoor play place

pretending to like the shirt she got you

rocket drive-in, sweetwater, texas, 1979

outlook autocorrected my name to “Sled”

yei-be-chei dancer signs, kaibab valley trading company, route 64, williams, arizona, 1987

happy pub day to @adremily.bsky.social go pick up Seduction Theory!

bookshop.org/p/books/seduction-theory-emily-adrian/22087419?ean=9780316584517&next=t

desiree's resale boutique, glendive, montana, 1987

hanson's hotel site, deposit, new york, 1987

If you’re in NYC next week, come to my launch at Books Are Magic! I’ll be in convo with the brilliant Megan Nolan.

www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-e...