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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I hear "burrata" I'll think of this.
Incredible story.

Erin Somers @somers.bsky.social · 2d

New story by me in Granta today about inept swingers on the Hudson Valley granta.com/pleasantries...

‘Her body looked good in that sumptuous way. He was not always attracted to her anymore, but he was attracted to her in this moment, and there was something noble about this, generous – he was about t...

granta.com

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Erin Somers @somers.bsky.social · 20d

For Brad’s very cool and fun PTA series I wrote a little appreciation of—what else—INHERENT VICE

bradley babendir @therealbradbabs.bsky.social · 20d

so excited to share this essay by @somers.bsky.social on PTA's inherent vice and how he adapts pynchon:

The Wave Rolling Back: Erin Somers on Inherent Vice

The seventh entry in The Ranks of the Freaks, a this is a newsletter series

thisisanewsletter.substack.com

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · 26d

GO GIANTS

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · 27d

[Patriotically] Go Mets.

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The Transmetropolitan Review (Unofficial) @transmetropolitanr.bsky.social · Sep 5

we should all build these and sell our 'smartphones' for scrap

Shani 🫧 @blerdmommy.blacksky.app · Sep 5

www.nhpr.org/2025-08-04/a...

An engineer restores pay phones for free public use

In a rural Vermont county, spotty cellphone coverage is the norm. But a local tinkerer is using old technology to help his community stay connected free of charge.

www.nhpr.org

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thanks so much for your kind words, Nitish! That song remains one of my favorites in the world.

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · Jul 31

I'm getting increasingly tickled by a colleague who insists on saying "what occurred" instead of "what happened" on a zoom call. Great choice, pal.

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · Jul 29

Everything about this is just incredible: the face bleeding off the right side of the cover when the title is "Dead Center," the intro by Saban, etc. It's...wow.

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · Jul 28

OH NO

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · Jul 24

The orcs burst into the writer's office before he could finish.

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · Jul 23

I want to read the Mary Robison Giants novel so badly

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · Jul 14

I think it is our duty to egg his house.

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Justin Carroll-Allan @jcarrollallan.bsky.social · Jul 14

On this day, I find myself pondering an important question: which American writer will be the first to do the Griddy on the way to podium after winning a major award?

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