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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · 16d

I can’t remember the last time I was THIS excited for a new book. Please do yourself a favor and pre-order.

paige thomas @paigethomas.bsky.social · 16d

My book PERSON UNDER has a cover 😭 and is available for preorder before its pub date in January!

@finishinglinepress.bsky.social is publishing PERSON UNDER and preordering a book plays an important role in turning a book into a book for small presses. I am full of thank yous.

Link in bio!

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paige thomas @paigethomas.bsky.social · 29d

I’m back @literary-arts.org teaching this visual poetry workshop in October and y’all—this is beloved to me! I was floored by what created last time I taught this. I actually cannot believe I get to do it again.

@literaryarts also has a robust scholarship and access tuition program! Link in bio!

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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · May 20

Chris Bonanos: "...It’s actually better than magic because it’s human. This is the product of very, very smart people applying themselves super hard [...] using science and art together to make something wonderful. And they succeeded."

www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

Mr. Polaroid | American Experience | PBS

Before the iPhone, the Polaroid camera let people instantly chronicle their lives. Along with instant photo mania, its company culture became the model for Silicon Valley. Mr. Polaroid is the story of...

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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · Mar 27

For just a quarter of your salary, you too can support tax cuts for billionaires.

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Anastasia Tsioulcas @anastasiat.bsky.social · Mar 25

In the grocery store tonight, they’re playing “Wind of Change” by Scorpions. Do you know the amazing Patrick Radden Keefe podcast about this song and its alleged writing by the CIA? You should. Hugely entertaining. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

My Friend Michael

Podcast Episode · Wind of Change · S1 E1 · 45m

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · Mar 25

Me in the national security group chat

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Mar 19

Check out another small press book we love: Let Me Clear My Throat by Elena Passarello.

A Small Press Book We Love: Let Me Clear My Throat by Elena Passarello

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—wh…

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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · Mar 7

"sometimes I wish I didn’t make things so arduous. It’s just a game, after all. It’s just that sometimes I get IDEAS."

March Sadness 90s Edition @marchxness.bsky.social · Mar 7

"Nick Cave is still someone worth writing about."

On 3/7 we bring back @elenavox.bsky.social's essay on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand": marchxness.com/2xness-cave/

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · Feb 28

This is the longest we've kept a secret project secret: SLP is proud to be the home for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, collated by the Official @marchxness.bsky.social Selection Committee (@angermonsoon.bsky.social + @meganc.bsky.social) and forthcoming on 3/31/26!

WELCOME MARCH XNESS! This image is of the corny, old-style Publishers Marketplace announcement that "HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: The March Xness Anthology" by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell, cofounders of March Xness, will be published by Split/Lip Press in March 2026. A collection of essays spanning 8 tournaments from 40 contributors, the anthology includes writers Matt Bell, Danielle Evans, Elisa Gabbert, Raquel Gutierrez, and Elena Passarello, among others.

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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · Feb 14

Needless to say, I agree.

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Feb 14

Sam Mills makes the case for visual artistic experimentation in literature.

Beautiful and Innovative: In Praise of Artistic Experimentation in Literature

I first read Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy as a teenager. I was hungry to assert maturity through my reading habits, to bypass YA fiction in favor of books for adults, …

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · Feb 11

"Television, film, and online video—together, the moving image has gotten to a point, some 440 years after Gutenberg, of displacing print as the world's medium of record." Peter Kaufman argues that video has become our dominant cultural medium. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

The Power of the Moving Image | Los Angeles Review of Books

Peter B. Kaufman argues that video has become our dominant cultural medium, yet we lack reliable archives for the audiovisual record.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · Feb 4

Government workers when DOGE shows up.

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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · Jan 30

@k-e-c.bsky.social absolutely killing it. 🔥🚶

katie cusumano @k-e-c.bsky.social · Jan 30

i wrote about my favorite director for @longreads.com

huge thank you to @cherilucasrowlands.com for heroic edits & @sidehilling.bsky.social for taking photos and sharing pie

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David Lynch Was Here: A Visit to the Real Twin Peaks - Longreads

Notes from the Northwest on mourning, remembrance, and black coffee.

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katie cusumano @k-e-c.bsky.social · Jan 29

🧁 been sitting/coasting on this news for a week ... so so honored to be among this year's @literaryarts.bsky.social fellows

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Announcing the 2025 Oregon Literary Fellowships

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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · Jan 29

Ahhhh! Congratulations!!!!🍾🎉🎈

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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · Jan 25

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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · Jan 24

There’s really only one appropriate song for this, right?

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Sarah Jones @sarahjones.bsky.social · Jan 16

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The Believer @thebeliever.net · Jan 16

Thank you, David Lynch, for always reminding us that art and life are spiritual acts. Your wisdom lives on.

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David Lynch Ushers in a Golden Age - Believer Magazine

“This is how we can change this world from suffering and negativity to a world enjoying positivity—end of suffering—real peace.” David Lynch is a filmmaker, musician, writer, painter, sculptor, lamp m...

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · Jan 16

A girl I knew in college saw David Lynch speak at an event. When it ended, she found a way to get to the front to tell him how much his films and shows meant to her.

His response was “Thank you. And remember, the universe is in your basement.”

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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · Jan 8

“… [THE PITT] doesn't much bother capturing the vibe of Pittsburgh – nobody, including Wyle, even attempts the city's unique "yinz"-er accent.”

I might have tuned in just to hear Noah Wyle’s Pittsburghese.

Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · Jan 8

For NPR, I look at notable TV shows coming in January, including the bracing medical drama The Pitt, the gritty western American Primeval, the kinetic cop drama On Call - all debuting tomorrow! - as well as new Star Trek and the return of Severance. READ: loom.ly/MfQgBos

There's great TV coming in January, from 'Severance' Season 2 to a Jerry Springer doc

There is a lot of TV on deck in the new year – including multiple medical dramas, a violent Netflix drama about Utah settlers in the 1850s, plus, cop shows, Westerns and documentaries.

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jon mothman @jonchristian.net · Jan 4

incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy

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"I have no hopes for 2025. Humanity is disappointing. We killed the Earth. Villains triumph and the innocents suffer. I imagine these trends will continue."

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Elena Passarello @elenavox.bsky.social · Dec 20

I read this one immediately after blacking out on ebay looking for calendars from 1986 to hang on my wall in 2025 (the dates match up)...needless to say, it hit home.

Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · Dec 19

I wrote an essay on becoming nostalgia, dressing funny, and buying old shit on eBay to make me feel better. Thanks to @essaydaily.bsky.social and @angermonsoon.bsky.social for the chance to share!

www.essaydaily.org/2024/12/dec-...

Dec 19: Jason Sepac, Becoming Nostalgia

* This is part of our yearly Advent Calendar, which publishes an essay a day each year during advent. Find the rest of this year's and prev...

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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · Dec 19

"So I did what poorly aged 90s movies taught me you do in the face of aging: I bought some dumb shit."

12/19 in the @essaydaily.bsky.social advent calendar is @jasonsepac.bsky.social on becoming nostalgia: www.essaydaily.org/2024/12/dec-...

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Jason Sepac @jasonsepac.bsky.social · Dec 19

I wrote an essay on becoming nostalgia, dressing funny, and buying old shit on eBay to make me feel better. Thanks to @essaydaily.bsky.social and @angermonsoon.bsky.social for the chance to share!

www.essaydaily.org/2024/12/dec-...

Dec 19: Jason Sepac, Becoming Nostalgia

* This is part of our yearly Advent Calendar, which publishes an essay a day each year during advent. Find the rest of this year's and prev...

www.essaydaily.org

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