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Jason Diamond

@jasondiamond.bsky.social

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“Writer" - The New Yorker. “Author” - New York Times. “A fabulous old soul” - Russ & Daughters Instagram account. “Unlikely model” - BBC. My novel “Kaplan’s Plot” is out fall of 2025 on Flatiron.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t love online sessions

Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 1d

I hope at least I’d be a Roz Chast.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 1d

I glanced at the bust of Freud on my shrink’s desk right after I told her that waiting to see if the NYT will review my novel reminds me of the strained relationship I have with my parents. It was at that moment that I unlocked a new level of insufferable New Yorker.

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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 1d

I even let my picture be taken, willingly! Those who know me know what a commitment to this project is represented here!

Sign up for the book release conversation, me and my pal and colleague Barrye Brown from the Schomburg!
Oct 20 7pm EST
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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks again!

Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 1d

Hello. It’s me.

The Mysterious Bookshop @mysteriousbookshop.com · 1d

Afternoon visit from @jasondiamond.bsky.social who signed his excellent crime fiction-adjacent debut novel KAPLAN’S PLOT.

Signed copies here: www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/jas...

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 2d

Bitch, the Cowboys couldn’t even beat the Bears.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 3d

Oh man. This is beautiful

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Haunted Laundry @thelaundry.bsky.social · 3d

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 3d

breakfast rolls, kutsher's, thompson, new york, 1977

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 3d

I appreciated it being you.

Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 3d

Kevin Smith doesn’t get enough credit for how he really owns the role of Silent Bob.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 3d

Good one.

Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah

Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 4d

Saw Karl Ove Knausgård sitting outside a coffee shop, smoking a cigarillo, editing by hand on expensive-looking paper. This sounds like a Warren Zevon lyric.

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 4d

Screw this.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes' office has released video of federal agents handcuffing her at Humboldt Park Health, as she asked them to present a judicial warrant for another arrest.